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Kong Raises $100 Million to Accelerate Cloud Connectivity

PRIVATEFeb 08, 2021

Amount Raised

$100 Million

Round Type

Funding Round

San FranciscoSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingComputer Vision

Description

Kong Inc., the cloud connectivity company, today announced it has closed $100 million in Series D funding, led by Tiger Global Management with participation from existing investors Index Ventures, CRV, GGV Capital and Andreessen Horowitz as well as new investor Goldman Sachs. This latest round brings Kong’s total funding to $171 million, tripling its valuation to $1.4 billion since the Series C round. Kong will use the capital to scale its go-to-market operations, grow world-class Engineering and Customer Experience teams, and accelerate cloud connectivity with its new SaaS-based Kong Konnect service connectivity platform.

Quick answer

Kong raised $100 Million in a Funding Round round, dated February 8, 2021. Kong is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How much did Kong raise?
Kong raised $100 Million in a Funding Round round on February 8, 2021.
What does Kong do?
Kong Inc. is the AI Connectivity Company, building the connectivity layer of AI.
Where is Kong based and how big is it?
Kong is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Who are the decision-makers at Kong?
Fundz holds 1 contact at Kong. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Kong that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Evolv AI raised $15M on February 1, 2021.
  • RUM Group raised $5M (Funding Round) on March 16, 2021.
  • Cypris raised $150K (Pre-Seed) on March 9, 2021.
  • Accrete raised $3.7M on February 25, 2021.
  • UptimeAI raised $1.5M (Seed) on February 23, 2021.
  • Ushur raised $5M (Funding Round) on February 23, 2021.

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Company Information

Company

Kong

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Kong Inc. is the AI Connectivity Company, building the connectivity layer of AI. Their unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic on any model and any cloud. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and AI-native startups, Kong provides tools for effective AI governance and connectivity.

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