Teleport is an identity-first access platform that proxies protocols like SSH, HTTPS and RDP to enable passwordless access to databases, Kubernetes clusters, internal web apps and servers. The company maintains an open-source Teleport Community Edition and offers a commercial, fully managed product with features such as role-based access control and enterprise integrations (GitHub, Okta, Google Apps, Microsoft AD). Teleport secures machine and user communications with certificate-based authentication and records detailed system logs of authentication attempts, file transfers and network activity. The company reports over 11,000 stars on GitHub and roughly 19 million downloads, and cites customers including DoorDash, Elastic, Nasdaq, Snowflake, Square, Samsung and IBM. Leadership says new capital will be used for product development and to expand the team from about 200 employees to roughly 300 by year-end, and to make its cloud offering globally available. Teleport positions itself as an alternative to legacy VPNs and secret-vault approaches, aiming to reduce credential-based attack surfaces while preserving developer productivity. Teleport provides an open-source Access Plane that enables engineers to securely access servers, applications, and databases across environments, offering Server Access, Kubernetes Access, and Application Access. The company released Teleport 7.0, adding identity-based, zero-trust access for MongoDB alongside MFA, centralized audit logs, and temporary privilege escalation. Teleport positions its product to reduce operational overhead versus VPNs and shared credentials and to centralize database access for MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. The company reported a record-breaking quarter and says the Series B will accelerate its growth track to triple its revenue in 2021. Teleport cites enterprise customers such as Elastic, Samsung, NASDAQ, and IBM and emphasizes its remote-first culture. Its offerings are aimed at developers and security teams seeking simplified, auditable, identity-based access across all computing environments.

Total raised

$140M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

May 2022