Kong was founded in 2017 by Augusto Marietti, Marco Palladino, and Michele Zonca. Kong has not officially endorsed or confirmed a plan to participate in an IPO.
Kong is a cloud connectivity company that powers APIs and microservices with its open-source API gateway. Per Forge data, Kong raised $169.1 million in funding over 6 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 8, 2021, from a Series D round. Key investors include CRV, Index Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and Tiger Global Management.
These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.
Funding Date | Share Class | Amount Raised | Price per Share | Post-Money Valuation | Key Investors | |
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08/06/2024 | Series E | $80MM | $xx.xx | $1.7B | Undisclosed Investors | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
7,809,598
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Undisclosed Investors
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02/08/2021 | Series D | $100.6MM | $xx.xx | $1.41B | Tiger Global Management, Index Ventures, CRV, GGV Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
11,581,609
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Tiger Global Management, Index Ventures, CRV, GGV Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs
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03/28/2019 | Series C | $54.7MM | $xx.xx | $484.36MM | Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Charles Rivers Ventures, GGV Capital, World Innovation Lab | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
16,626,460
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Charles Rivers Ventures, GGV Capital, World Innovation Lab
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03/23/2017 | Series B | $20.76MM | $xx.xx | $89.07MM | Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Charles Rivers Ventures | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
30,390,728
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Charles Rivers Ventures
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11/21/2013 | Series A | $8.5MM | $xx.xx | $24.43MM | Stanford University, Index Ventures, Charles Rivers Ventures | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
31,948,608
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Stanford University, Index Ventures, Charles Rivers Ventures
|
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08/12/2011 | Series Seed | $1.01MM | $xx.xx | $3.38MM | Charles Rivers Ventures, Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Mucker Capital, New Enterprise Associates | |
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
9,369,780
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Charles Rivers Ventures, Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Mucker Capital, New Enterprise Associates
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