Harness

Enterprise Software

Founded: 2015

Last Round Valuation: $3.74B

Harness is a pioneering Software Delivery Platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline DevOps operations. By encompassing Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD), GitOps, Feature Flags, Cloud Costs, and numerous other functionalities, Harness simplifies and accelerates software engineering processes. The company's ultimate goal is to empower software engineering teams worldwide to achieve consistent, efficient, and rapid code delivery to their user base. Founded in 2016 by Jyoti Bansal and Rishi Singh, Harness is based in San Francisco, CA.

Harness Overview:

Harness is a cutting-edge Software Delivery Platform that revolutionizes the way DevOps processes are managed. By integrating AI-driven automation and advanced features, Harness simplifies and accelerates software engineering workflows, enabling teams to deliver code reliably, efficiently, and rapidly.

The platform encompasses a wide range of essential DevOps functionalities, including Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD), GitOps, Feature Flags, and Cloud Costs management. With CI, Harness facilitates the automatic and continuous integration of code changes into a shared repository, ensuring that developers can collaborate seamlessly and catch integration issues early on.

Harness's CD capabilities allow for streamlined and automated deployment of code changes to various environments, such as development, staging, and production. By providing release management, deployment orchestration, and rollback capabilities, Harness ensures the smooth and error-free delivery of applications.

Incorporating GitOps principles, Harness enables developers to manage infrastructure as code and leverage Git repositories for version control and configuration management. This approach enhances collaboration, reproducibility, and traceability across the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Feature Flags functionality offered by Harness allows teams to manage feature releases, toggle specific features on and off, and perform targeted rollouts. This empowers organizations to deliver new features to users gradually, control feature availability, and gather valuable feedback before full-scale releases.

Harness also addresses the critical aspect of managing Cloud Costs. With automated cost monitoring, analysis, and optimization features, the platform helps organizations optimize their cloud spending, identify cost-saving opportunities, and prevent budget overruns.

Founded in 2016 by Jyoti Bansal, an experienced entrepreneur, and Rishi Singh, a seasoned technologist, Harness has quickly established itself as a leader in the DevOps space. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company has garnered recognition for its innovative approach to software delivery and its mission to empower software engineering teams worldwide. Harness continues to evolve and adapt to the ever-changing needs of modern software development, enabling organizations to unlock new levels of productivity, efficiency, and reliability.

Founders:

  • Jyoti Bansal

  • Rishi Singh

Top Investors:

  • Norwest Venture Partners

  • J.P. Morgan

  • Capital One Ventures

  • Alkeon Capital

  • Battery Ventures

  • Citi Ventures

  • IVP (Formerly known as Institutional Venture Partners)

  • GV (Formerly known as Google Ventures)

  • ServiceNow Ventures

  • Menlo Ventures

  • BIG Labs

Funding History:


Date Share Type Amount Raised Raised to Date Issue Price Post Money Valuation Key Investors
Apr 2022 Series D $175MM $375.74MM $25.11 $3.74B Norwest Venture Partners, J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures
Jan 2021 Series C $83MM $200.74MM $13.67 $1.73B Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures
Apr 2019 Series B $62.19MM $87.19MM $4.91 $544.45MM IVP, GV, ServiceNow Ventures
Apr 2019 Series B-1 $30.55MM $55.55MM $6.12 $722.45MM Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures
Oct 2017 Series A $22MM $25MM $1.27 $88MM Menlo Ventures, BIG Labs
Dec 2015 Founders Preferred $3MM $3MM $0.06 $12MM Undisclosed Investors

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