Company
Date Published
Author
Jim Rose
Word count
1124
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

CircleCI has announced a $56 million Series D funding round led by Owl Rock Capital and NextEquity Partners, raising its total funding to $115.5 million. Since its Series C in January 2018, the company has experienced significant growth, expanding its customer base to include major organizations like Samsung and Ford, opening international offices, and increasing its team size from 120 to 250 employees, with plans for further expansion. CircleCI has focused on enhancing its CI/CD capabilities, launching new features such as orbs for configuration templating, achieving FedRAMP certification, and increasing monthly job counts from 7 million to over 30 million. The company emphasizes its dedication to CI/CD, platform extensibility, and providing insights into software delivery performance, while also working on developer empowerment through improved UI and onboarding, and a new usage-based pricing model. CircleCI is committed to growing its support and account teams globally, aiming to meet the needs of developers and enterprises alike while continuing to innovate in the developer tools space.