StackShare began in 2014 as a WordPress blog and has grown into a community of over 200,000 developers who list their production technology stacks and share operational lessons. The core product is a searchable “technology graph” that connects people to the tools and stacks they use, enabling engineers to discover which combinations work in production and who on other teams has relevant experience. Product offerings include Stack News, which surfaces updates for a user’s technologies, and Stack Match, a recruiting tool that helps find engineers with specific stack experience. The company positions itself between code-focused platforms like GitHub and Q&A sites like StackOverflow by focusing on technology choice and practitioner connections. Long-term monetization plans mentioned include recruiting services and vendor access. Financially, StackShare has disclosed a $5.2M Series A on top of a $1.5M seed, reflecting early-stage traction and external investor interest. Stackshare operates an online directory where companies list the software and services they use and developers browse, compare, and comment on those tech stacks. The platform hosts "verified" stacks for roughly 7,000 companies and reports more than 150,000 developers using the service. Its core product surfaces the tooling choices of startups and larger companies, helping developers learn which tools others use and why, and helping employers attract engineers familiar with those technologies. SaaS vendors are beginning to sponsor sections of the site, and Stackshare is positioning itself toward a marketplace/community model for vendor evangelism. The company is small (five employees), was founded in San Francisco in 2014, and says it will begin raising a Series A this year. Management frames growth as deliberate rather than rushed as it expands beyond developers to other professional groups.

Total raised

$7M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jan 2018