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JFrog

270 E Caribbean Dr., Sunnyvale, California, 94089, United States

Overview

JFrog offers a suite of products centered on JFrog Artifactory, a binary repository that enables continuous delivery and background software updates without user interruption. The platform also handles DevOps needs including security, access control and distribution. JFrog has expanded its product set and claims rapid commercial traction, serving about 4,500 customers including roughly 70% of the Fortune 100. The company says it has seen 500% revenue growth since its $50M round in 2016, has tripled headcount to about 400 employees, and doubled its number of products. CEO Shlomi Ben Haim says JFrog is targeting $1 billion in revenue by 2025 and aims to enable over‑the‑air background updates for systems like operating systems and connected vehicles. The company reports a valuation north of $1 billion following the latest financing. JFrog develops platform-agnostic software distribution and package-management tools, notably JFrog Bintray for automated binary distribution and JFrog Artifactory for managing software packages prior to distribution. Its products integrate with a wide range of developer tools and focus on automating binary-level distribution across environments. Customers cited include Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Cisco, VMware, Netflix and MasterCard, with Google using Bintray to distribute Android. Founded in 2008, JFrog had about 110 employees at the time of reporting and expects headcount to reach around 200 by year-end. Financially, the company had previously raised $10.5 million across two rounds and announced a $50 million investment to scale resources. Management plans to use the funds to meet growing integration demand, accelerate hiring, and pursue strategic acquisitions to add missing functionality and engineering talent. JFrog provides infrastructure for software management and distribution across open-source, on-premises and SaaS cloud solutions. Its flagship products, Artifactory and Bintray, are used by developers and DevOps at companies and institutions such as Twitter, Netflix, CA, Apple, LinkedIn, Oracle, EMC, Amazon and the US Navy. Led by CEO Shlomi Ben Haim, the company operates from Santa Clara, California and Netanya, Israel. The company raised $7M in a Series B round to expand its R&D staff, boost sales and marketing worldwide, and accelerate its open-source activities. JFrog serves enterprise and institutional customers with both open-source and commercial deployment options.

Total raised
$222M
Funding rounds
3
Latest round
Series D
Latest activity
Oct 2018

Industries

  • Developer Tools
  • DevOps
  • Enterprise Software
  • Software
  • Web Development
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Recent funding

  1. Series D

    Oct 2018

    $165M

  2. Equity

    Jan 2016

    $50M

  3. Series B

    Jul 2014

    $7M

Team

  • Shlomi Ben Haim

    Co-Founder and CEO

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  • Yoav Landman

    Co-Founder and CTO

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  • Fred Simon

    Co-Founder, Chief Architect and Chief Data Scientist

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  • Tali Notman

    VP of Sales

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