Docker, Inc.

Docker, Inc. is an American technology company that develops Docker Hub and Docker Desktop, developer productivity tools built around Docker, an open source project that automates the deployment of code inside software containers. In November 2019, Mirantis acquired Docker's enterprise business, including Docker Engine.[1][2] The company is based in San Francisco, California.[3]

Docker, Inc.
IndustryComputer software
PredecessordotCloud, Inc.
Headquarters
San Francisco
Key people
Rob Bearden (CEO)
Solomon Hykes
Ben Golub
ProductsDocker, Docker Hub
Websitewww.docker.com/company

History
Docker booth at LinuxCon 2016

The company was founded as dotCloud, Inc. in 2010 by Solomon Hykes.[4] In July, 2013, Benjamin Golub (formerly of Plaxo and Gluster) became chief executive.[5]

On September 19, 2013, dotCloud and Red Hat announced an alliance to integrate Docker with OpenShift Red Hat’s Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering.[6] On October 29, 2013, dotCloud was renamed Docker.[7][8]

On July 23, 2014, Docker acquired two-person startup Orchard.[9] On August 4, 2014 the dotCloud technology and brand was sold to cloudControl.[10] Four person company Koality was acquired on October 7, 2014.[11][12] On October 15, 2014 Microsoft announced a partnership,[13] and its services were announced for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) on November 13, 2014.[14]

Docker was estimated to be valued at over $1 billion, making it what is called a "unicorn company", after a $95 million fundraising round in April 2015.[15]

  • January 21, 2014 - $15 million Series B - Led by Greylock Partners[16]
  • September 16, 2014 - $40 million Series C - Led by Sequoia Capital[17]
  • April 14, 2015 - $95 million Series D - Led by Insight Venture Partners[18]
  • November 2015 - $18 million Series D[19]
  • October 2018 - $92 million Venture Round

In April 2016, it was revealed that the C.I.A.'s investment arm In-Q-Tel was a large investor in Docker.[20]

In May 2019, Rob Bearden became CEO.[21]

Acquisitions
  • July 23, 2014 - Orchard[22]
  • February 26, 2015 - SocketPlane[23]
  • March 12, 2015 - Kitematic[24]
  • October 21, 2015 - Tutum[25]
  • January 21, 2016 - Unikernel Systems[26]
  • March 3, 2016 - Conductant[27]
  • December 6, 2016 - Infinit International[28]
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gollark: I feel like even my GCSE results day (book now, happening in 9 days) will be more exciting.
gollark: Historic *furniture*.
gollark: Just use the UK parliament phone number or something.
gollark: "Totallynot Arussianspy"

References
  1. https://www.mirantis.com/company/press-center/company-news/mirantis-acquires-docker-enterprise/
  2. https://thenewstack.io/mirantis-acquires-docker-enterprise/
  3. "Docker Said to Join $1 Billion Valuation Club With New Funding". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. "Form D: Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities". US SEC. March 30, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  5. Maureen O'Gara (July 26, 2013). "Ben Golub, Who Sold Gluster to Red Hat, Now Running dotCloud". DevOps Journal. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  6. "Red Hat and dotCloud Collaborate on Docker to Bring Next Generation Linux Container Enhancements to OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service".
  7. Ben Golub (October 29, 2013). "dotCloud, Inc. is Becoming Docker, Inc". Docker Blog. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  8. "dotCloud, Inc. is Now Docker, Inc". Press release. October 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  9. "Docker buys Orchard, a 2-man startup with a cloud service for running Docker-friendly apps".
  10. Ron Miller (August 4, 2014). "Docker Sells dotCloud to cloudControl To Focus On Core Container Business". Tech Crunch. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  11. Ron Miller. "Docker Acquires Koality In Engineering Talent Grab". Tech Crunch. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  12. Simon Sharwood (October 7, 2014). "Docker acqui-slurps Koality: This one's for you, devs, to stop containers spilling into messy projects". The Register. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  13. "Docker and Microsoft partner to bring container applications across platforms - News Center".
  14. Jeff Barr (November 13, 2014). "Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) – Container Management for the AWS Cloud". Amazon Web Services Blog. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  15. Jordan Novet (June 13, 2015). "Docker, now valued at $1B, paid someone $799 for its logo on 99designs". Venture Beat. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  16. "Docker Closes $15 M Series B Funding". Docker. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  17. "Docker Secures $40M in Series C Funding to Drive the Future of Distributed Applications". Business Wire.
  18. "Docker, a cloud 'container' company, raises $95 million". Fortune. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  19. "Docker adds $18M to latest funding, brings round up to $113M". Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  20. Weinberger, Matt (2016-04-14). "The CIA secretly invested in two of Silicon Valley's hottest startups". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  21. https://www.docker.com/company
  22. "Docker buys Orchard, a 2-man startup with a cloud service for running Docker-friendly apps".
  23. Vanian, Jonathan (4 March 2015). "Docker buys SocketPlane as it builds out its container-networking strategy".
  24. "Docker Acquires Kitematic; the Fastest, Easiest Way to Run Docker on Mac - Business Wire".
  25. "Docker Acquires Tutum To Help IT Teams Deploy and Manage Production Apps - Docker Blog". 21 October 2015.
  26. "Docker Acquires Unikernel Systems to Extend the Breadth of the Docker Platform".
  27. "The Dawn of the Orchestration-for-All Era: Docker welcomes the creators of the Aurora project - Docker Blog". 3 March 2016.
  28. "Docker Acquires Infinit: A New Data Layer For Distributed Applications - Docker Blog". 6 December 2016.
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