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Vultr

319 Clematis St Suite 900, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401, United States

Overview

Vultr operates a full-stack cloud computing platform offering Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage. The company touts 32 cloud data center regions across six continents and serves hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries. Vultr positions itself as the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company and says it is a profitable, globally-available independent provider. Management plans to use new capital to expand its global footprint of AI and cloud infrastructure and to enable AI-native applications. Vultr was founded in 2014 by David Aninowsky and was self-funded for over a decade before taking external equity. Recent financings include a first-ever equity round led by LuminArx Capital Management and AMD Ventures and a significant credit package to accelerate growth. Vultr is a US-based cloud infrastructure company founded in 2014 that offers Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage. The company leases GPU access to customers and says its AI cloud service will soon become the biggest part of its business. Vultr serves hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries and emphasizes scalability, global reach, compliance, and price-to-performance. It was self-funded for over a decade and is on a mission to make high-performance cloud infrastructure easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for enterprises and AI innovators. Vultr deploys AMD Instinct accelerators and positions itself as an independent cloud infrastructure alternative to traditional hyperscalers. Management includes founder and Executive Chairman David Aninowsky and CEO J.J. Kardwell.

Total raised
$662M
Funding rounds
3
Latest round
Debt Financing
Latest activity
Jun 2025

Industries

  • Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Cloud Storage
  • Web Hosting
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Recent funding

  1. Debt Financing

    Jun 2025

    $74M

  2. Equity

    Dec 2024

    $333M

Team

  • J.J. Kardwell

    Chief Executive officer

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  • David Aninowsky

    Founder

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  • Ryan Pollock

    VP Product Marketing & Developer Relations

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  • Vinod Chacko

    Business Development Director - India

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