• ZEDEDA

  Participated · Series A · Feb 2019

  ZEDEDA provides edge management and orchestration software (including the open-source EVE-OS architecture) that reduces the cost of managing distributed edge infrastructure while increasing visibility, security and control. The company delivers an integrated technology stack intended to simplify security and remote management of edge workloads and claims tens of thousands of nodes under management. ZEDEDA is expanding its global footprint with a newly opened Middle East headquarters in Abu Dhabi to house sales, engineering and customer support teams. It announced new regional cloud support to help customers meet data residency requirements while leveraging cloud-native technologies and AI capabilities. ZEDEDA plans to recruit local talent and develop partnerships with Middle East solution providers to strengthen its ecosystem. The company reports teams in the United States, Germany and India and positions the Abu Dhabi hub as a fourth strategic operations center. ZEDEDA offers edge management and orchestration software that reduces the cost of managing distributed edge infrastructure while increasing visibility, security and control. Its platform delivers instant time to value and supports modern AI-based applications with offerings such as ZEDEDA Edge Application Services and ZEDEDA Edge Kubernetes Service. The company reports tens of thousands of nodes under management and said nodes under management grew more than 300% year-over-year. Annual recurring revenue grew more than 250% year-over-year, and ZEDEDA counts 12 Global and Fortune 500 customers, including an automaker standardizing ZEDEDA across 70,000 dealerships, manufacturing facilities and service centers in 153 countries. ZEDEDA plans to use the new funding to expand sales and marketing, accelerate research and development, and continue hiring for sales and engineering roles globally. The company has teams in the United States, Germany and India and has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. ZEDEDA offers an edge management and orchestration platform that enables deployment and connection of cloud-native workloads—such as AI and computer vision—across distributed industrial environments. Its solution integrates with Emerson’s DeltaV automation system to extend DeltaV to the distributed edge and bridge IT and OT. The company is deployed within Fortune 500 firms across manufacturing, automotive, energy, and retail. ZEDEDA has quadrupled its nodes under management since 2021, signalling rapid operational growth. It recently closed a $26 million Series B financing. The firm positions its platform to modernize existing operations by delivering software-defined automation and extending cloud capabilities to the edge. The expanded relationship with Emerson includes both commercial integration and a strategic investment from Emerson Ventures. Zededa offers a software-as-a-service edge orchestration and virtualization stack that manages edge devices, guides deployments, and runs apps on bare-metal hardware or in virtual machines. Its product builds on the Linux Foundation’s EVE-OS and is vendor-agnostic, supporting devices from OEMs like SuperMicro. Use cases include monitoring sensors and security cameras, updating software in cell towers, and industrial deployments across IT infrastructure, industrial automation and oil & gas. The company reports its edge devices under management grew 4x in the past year while revenue grew 7x. Zededa has roughly a 100-person team across the U.S., Germany and India and plans to expand R&D, sales and marketing within the year. Future product focus includes improving ease of use and security, broadening integrations and enabling legacy-application updates and simplified AI/ML solutions. ZEDEDA provides a cloud-native, vendor-agnostic orchestration platform that enables enterprises, OEMs and system integrators to deploy and manage any application on any hardware at the distributed edge. Its as-a-service solution offers visibility, control and security for on‑premises, near‑premises and field edge deployments and supports any cloud or on‑premises system. The company plans to use new capital to scale operations and accelerate R&D, sales and marketing. ZEDEDA announced a highly oversubscribed $12.5M expansion to its Series A and has $28.5M in total funding to date. It expects to more than triple the number of customer edge nodes under management by mid‑2021. ZEDEDA is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices in Bangalore and Pune, India.

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