Docker, Inc. Explained

Docker, Inc.
Industry:Computer software
Predecessor:dotCloud, Inc.
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Hq Location City:Palo Alto, California
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Key People:Scott Johnston (CEO)[1]
Products:Docker, Docker Hub

Docker, Inc. is an American technology company that develops productivity tools built around Docker, which automates the deployment of code inside software containers.[2] Major commercial products of the company are Docker Hub, a central repository of containers, Docker Desktop, a GUI application for Windows and Mac to manage containers. The historic offering was Docker Enterprise PaaS business, acquired by Mirantis.[3] The company is also an active contributor to various CNCF projects, such as containerd and runC. The main open source offering of the company are Docker Engine and buildkit which are rebranded under the Moby umbrella project. The core specification, Dockerfile, still includes the company trademark, however.

History

The company was founded as dotCloud in 2008 by Kamel Founadi, Solomon Hykes, and Sebastien Pahl in Paris,[4] and incorporated in the United States in 2010.[5] In July 2013, Benjamin Golub (formerly of Plaxo and Gluster) became chief executive.[6]

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.[7] On October 29, 2013, dotCloud was renamed Docker.[8] [9]

On July 23, 2014, Docker acquired two-person startup Orchard.[10]

On August 4, 2014, the dotCloud technology and brand was sold to cloudControl.[11] Four person company Koality was acquired on October 7, 2014.[12] [13]

On October 15, 2014 Microsoft announced a partnership,[14] and its services were announced for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) on November 13, 2014.[15]

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.[16]

In April 2016, it was revealed that the C.I.A.'s investment arm In-Q-Tel was a large investor in Docker.[17]

In May 2019, Rob Bearden became CEO.[18]

In November 2019, Mirantis, a cloud computing company, acquired Docker's enterprise business.[19] [20] and Scott Johnston became CEO.[21]

On August 31, 2021, Docker released Docker Business subscription for large companies, and changed the licensing terms for Docker Desktop users.[22]

Venture rounds

The Docker company has received multiple rounds of funding to support its growth and development. In February 2011, the company secured $800,000 in seed capital from angel investors including Chris Sacca, Jerry Yang, and Ron Conway.[23] A month later, in March 2011, Docker raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Benchmark Capital and Trinity Ventures.[24] The company continued to attract significant investment, raising $15 million in a Series B round led by Greylock Partners in January 2014,[25] followed by $40 million in a Series C round led by Sequoia Capital in September 2014.[26] In April 2015, Docker raised $95 million in a Series D round led by Insight Venture Partners.[27] The company secured another $18 million in November 2015 as part of the same funding round.[28]

In November 2019, after restructuring, Docker announced it had secured $35 million in a Series A recapitalisation round.[29] Most recently, in March 2021, Docker raised $23 million in a Series B round led by Tribe Capital,[30] and in March 2022, the company secured $105 million in a Series C round led by Bain Capital.[31]

Acquisitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Docker regroups as cloud-native developer tool company . 10 Mar 2020 . https://archive.today/20210123215830/https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/10/docker-regroups-as-cloud-native-developer-tool-company/?_guc_consent_skip=1611439144 . 23 January 2021 . techcrunch.com . Miller . Ron . 23 Jan 2021 . live .
  2. Web site: Introducing Docker's new CEO . 2 May 2017 . 23 January 2021 . https://archive.today/20210123215358/https://www.docker.com/blog/introducing-docker-new-ceo/ . docker.com . Golub . Ben . 23 Jan 2021 . live .
  3. Web site: Miller . Ron . 2022-02-09 . Mirantis on run rate over $100M two years after buying Docker Enterprise assets . 2023-04-04 . TechCrunch . en-US.
  4. Web site: Au Revoir . 28 Mar 2018 . 23 Jan 2021 . https://archive.today/20210112150959/https://www.docker.com/blog/au-revoir/ . 12 January 2021 . docker.com . Hykes . Solomon . live .
  5. Web site: Form D: Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities . March 30, 2011 . US SEC . April 29, 2017 .
  6. News: Ben Golub, Who Sold Gluster to Red Hat, Now Running dotCloud . Maureen O'Gara . DevOps Journal . July 26, 2013 . April 29, 2017 . September 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913100835/http://maureenogara.sys-con.com/node/2747331 . dead .
  7. Web site: Red Hat and dotCloud Collaborate on Docker to Bring Next Generation Linux Container Enhancements to OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service.
  8. Web site: Ben Golub . October 29, 2013 . dotCloud, Inc. is Becoming Docker, Inc. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140604001631/http://blog.docker.com/2013/10/dotcloud-is-becoming-docker-inc . June 4, 2014 . April 29, 2017 . Docker Blog.
  9. News: dotCloud, Inc. is Now Docker, Inc . October 29, 2013 . Press release . April 29, 2017 .
  10. Web site: Docker buys Orchard, a 2-man startup with a cloud service for running Docker-friendly apps. 23 July 2014.
  11. Web site: Docker Sells dotCloud to cloudControl To Focus On Core Container Business . Ron Miller . Tech Crunch . August 4, 2014 . April 29, 2017 .
  12. Web site: Docker Acquires Koality In Engineering Talent Grab . Ron Miller . Tech Crunch . 7 October 2014 . April 29, 2017 .
  13. News: Docker acqui-slurps Koality: This one's for you, devs, to stop containers spilling into messy projects . October 7, 2014 . The Register . Simon Sharwood . April 29, 2017 .
  14. Web site: Docker and Microsoft partner to bring container applications across platforms - News Center. 15 October 2014.
  15. Web site: Jeff Barr . November 13, 2014 . Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) – Container Management for the AWS Cloud . Amazon Web Services Blog . April 29, 2017 .
  16. Web site: Docker, now valued at $1B, paid someone $799 for its logo on 99designs . June 13, 2015 . Jordan Novet . Venture Beat . April 29, 2017 .
  17. News: The CIA secretly invested in two of Silicon Valley's hottest startups. Weinberger. Matt. 2016-04-14. Business Insider. 2017-06-08. en.
  18. Web site: About Docker - Management & History | Docker. 18 January 2022 .
  19. Web site: Van Everen. Dave. 13 Nov 2019. Mirantis Acquires Docker Enterprise Platform Business. live. https://archive.today/20210123221036/https://www.mirantis.com/company/press-center/company-news/mirantis-acquires-docker-enterprise/. 23 January 2021. 23 Jan 2021. mirantis.com.
  20. Web site: Melanson. Mike. Mirantis Acquires Docker Enterprise. live. https://archive.today/20210123221418/https://thenewstack.io/mirantis-acquires-docker-enterprise/. 23 January 2021. 23 Jan 2021. thenewstack.io. 13 November 2019.
  21. Web site: Docker Restructures and Secures $35 Million to Advance Developer Workflows for Modern Applications Docker . www.docker.com . 13 November 2019 . en.
  22. Web site: Docker Updates Product Subscriptions to Deliver Speed, Scale and Security | Docker. 31 August 2021 .
  23. News: Ron Conway, Chris Sacca And Others Invest 800K In PaaS Dotcloud . https://archive.today/20160328234759/http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/28/dotcloud/ . 28 Feb 2011 . 28 March 2016 . 2 Feb 2021 . . Tsotsis . Alexia . live .
  24. News: Open PaaS DotCloud Raises $10M From Benchmark And Trinity, Jerry Yang Joins Board . https://archive.today/20160328123555/http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/22/paas-dotcloud-raises-10m-from-jerry-yang-benchmark-and-others/ . 22 Mar 2011 . 28 March 2016 . Tsotsis . Alexia . . 2 Feb 2021 . live .
  25. Web site: Docker Closes $15 M Series B Funding. Docker. 21 January 2014. 9 October 2016.
  26. Web site: Docker Secures $40M in Series C Funding to Drive the Future of Distributed Applications. Business Wire. 16 September 2014.
  27. Web site: Docker, a cloud 'container' company, raises $95 million. Fortune. 9 October 2016.
  28. Web site: Docker adds $18M to latest funding, brings round up to $113M. 9 October 2016.
  29. Docker Restructures and Secures $35 Million to Advance Developer Workflows for Modern Applications . 13 Nov 2019 . https://archive.today/20210316175119/https://www.docker.com/press-release/docker-new-direction . 16 March 2021 . docker.com . 9 Mar 2021 . San Francisco.
  30. Web site: Docker Series B: More Fuel To Help Dev Teams Get Ship Done . https://archive.today/20210316172620/https://www.docker.com/blog/helping-dev-teams-get-ship-done/ . 16 March 2021 . 16 Mar 2021 . docker.com . Johnston . Scott.
  31. Web site: Docker Series C: More Build, More Share, More Run . https://archive.today/20210316172620/https://www.docker.com/blog/helping-dev-teams-get-ship-done/ . 16 March 2021 . 31 Mar 2022 . docker.com . Johnston . Scott.
  32. Web site: Docker buys Orchard, a 2-man startup with a cloud service for running Docker-friendly apps. 23 July 2014.
  33. Web site: Docker buys SocketPlane as it builds out its container-networking strategy. Jonathan. Vanian. 4 March 2015. 9 October 2016. 10 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010125303/https://gigaom.com/2015/03/04/docker-buys-socketplane-as-it-builds-out-its-container-networking-strategy/. dead.
  34. Web site: Docker Acquires Unikernel Systems to Extend the Breadth of the Docker Platform. Fitzsimmons. Heather. 21 Jan 2016. Docker. 9 October 2016. 10 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010044457/https://www.docker.com/docker-news-and-press/docker-acquires-unikernel-systems-extend-breadth-docker-platform. dead.
  35. Web site: Docker Accelerates Investment in Official Images and Trusted Content with Acquisition of InfoSiftr. Oro. David. 11 April 2022. Docker.
  36. Web site: Docker Accelerates Investment in Container Security with Acquisition of Nestybox. Oro. David. 10 May 2022. Docker.
  37. Web site: Docker Acquires Tilt to Help Fix the Pains of Microservices Development for Kubernetes. Oro. David. 24 May 2022. Docker.
  38. Web site: Docker Acquisition of Atomist Helps Meet Challenge of Securing Software Supply Chains for Development Teams. Oro. David. 21 June 2022. Docker.
  39. Web site: Docker Continues Investment in Performance and Flexibility of Docker Desktop with Acquisition of Mutagen. Oro. David. 27 June 2023. Docker.
  40. Web site: Docker acquires AtomicJar, a testing startup that raised $25M in January.

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