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Kong: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Kong powers APIs and microservices with the world's most popular open source API gateway and industry-leading service connectivity platform. Kong is funded by leading VC firms, including Index Ventures, a16z, CRV, GGV, Tiger Global, WiL, Stanford University, Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt.

www.konghq.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 251-500 employees
Cloud Computing Cloud Data Services Developer APIs Enterprise Software Open Source Software
Total raised
$100M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series D
Feb 2021

Kong has raised $100M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series D of $100M announced in Feb 2021.

That round is above the $6.2M median round size for Information Technology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Kong Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$100M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series D
$100M in Feb 2021
Employees
251-500
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2021.

Kong Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series D
$100M

Kong Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Augusto Marietti
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Kong team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Kong Funding Compared to Other Information Technology Startups

Segment
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Median round

Kong's latest round of $100M is above the median round in Information Technology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Kong Funding FAQs

What does Kong do?

Kong powers APIs and microservices with the world's most popular open source API gateway and industry-leading service connectivity platform. Kong is funded by leading VC firms, including Index Ventures, a16z, CRV, GGV, Tiger Global, WiL, Stanford University, Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt.

How much funding has Kong raised?

Kong has raised $100M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series D of $100M announced in Feb 2021.

When did Kong last raise funding?

Kong's most recent funding round on record is a Series D of $100M, announced in Feb 2021.

Who is the CEO of Kong?

Augusto Marietti is listed as CEO at Kong.

Where is Kong headquartered?

Kong is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Kong have?

Kong is in the 251-500 employee band.

How does Kong's funding compare to other Information Technology startups?

Kong's latest round of $100M is above the $6.2M median round size for Information Technology companies on FundedIQ across 3,146 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Kong Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Kong is left off this page rather than filled in.

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