Codefresh
AcquiredBrisbane, AU · Founded 2012 · 346 employees on LinkedIn · 11 known investors
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Octopus Deploy makes software for automating deployment and operations, aiming to give software teams repeatable, frequent, and reliable deployments. It targets development and DevOps teams across organizations of all sizes.
Also known as CodeFresh · Codefresh Inc.
Founders & leadership
Codefresh was founded in 2012 by Raziel Tabib, Paul Stovell, and Sonia Stovell.
Investors · 11
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Codefresh is a software delivery platform combining continuous integration, continuous delivery and GitOps modules for containerized and Kubernetes-based applications. Its CI/CD product is organized around pipelines, defined by a specification plus steps that run as collections of Docker images, with a built-in step library and plugin marketplace, caching, secrets handling, shared configuration, triggers and local pipeline execution. The platform provides native integrations with major Git providers, container registries, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), secret stores, cloud storage, Helm, Datadog, Jenkins and Octopus Deploy, and is positioned as agnostic to both Git provider and target platform. Dashboards cover Kubernetes services, Helm releases and Helm environment promotion, plus environment views combining cluster status with pipeline information.
On the GitOps side, Codefresh packages the Argo project — Argo CD for declarative continuous deployment, Argo Rollouts for progressive delivery, Argo Workflows as workflow engine, and Argo Events for event-driven automation — into a single enterprise-supported GitOps Runtime, typically shipping new Argo CD versions within about 30 days of upstream release after internal testing. Users can create and manage Argo CD applications through a UI in form or YAML mode, with every action committed to Git behind the scenes, and can track deployments through GitOps Apps, Products, Environments and DORA metrics dashboards. Image enrichment adds metadata such as pull requests, feature requests and logs to deployments, and works with third-party CI tools including Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Deployment options include SaaS, a Codefresh Runner, hybrid GitOps Runtimes and an on-premises platform installation.
Following the acquisition by Octopus Deploy, Codefresh CI remains available, developed and supported within the Octopus Deploy portfolio, and Codefresh documentation and step templates continue to be maintained; the GitOps Cloud product is no longer available for new signups or trials, with Octopus recommended for deployment and release orchestration.
Founding story
Codefresh was founded in 2016 by CEO Raziel Tabib and CTO Oleg Verhovsky.
Business model
Codefresh sells a commercial software delivery platform, offered as a cloud service, hybrid runtimes and an on-premises installation, targeted at enterprise engineering organizations; it provides an enterprise-supported distribution of the open-source Argo projects. Since the acquisition, sales and support run through Octopus Deploy channels.
Traction
As of June 2020 the company had 65 employees and counted Epic Games and Gap among its customers, with $42 million raised to date. Its public GitHub organization hosts hundreds of repositories, several with tens of stars, and repositories including the CLI, Venona agent and documentation source continued to receive commits.
Latest developments
After the February 2024 acquisition by Octopus Deploy, the codefresh.io site directs users to Octopus: Codefresh CI remains available and under development within Octopus Deploy, existing pipelines continue to work without breaking changes, documentation and step templates stay at their current URLs, support runs through Octopus support channels, and the GitOps Cloud product has been withdrawn with no new trials or signups.
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Market position
Positioned as a full software lifecycle solution rather than CI alone, and as an enterprise Argo-based delivery platform; Octopus Deploy characterized Codefresh at acquisition as a leader in Kubernetes CD, GitOps and CI and a maintainer of and expert in operating Argo at enterprise scale.
Codefresh emphasizes coverage of the full lifecycle from build through deployment in a single interface (navigating from a Kubernetes release to the Docker image to the build that produced it), neutrality toward Git providers and target platforms rather than coupling to one vendor, and a unified, enterprise-supported runtime spanning all four Argo projects with tested Argo CD releases.
Technology
The platform is container- and Kubernetes-centric. Pipelines are composed of steps implemented as Docker images; Docker registry and cluster integrations are made available automatically to pipelines without manual Docker login or kubectl context setup. The GitOps Runtime bundles Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, Argo Workflows and Argo Events into one enterprise-supported runtime with a unified control plane, and UI-driven application changes are materialized as Git commits and synced to clusters. Supporting components published as open source include the Codefresh CLI, the Venona runtime-environment agent, Argo Hub, Helm charts for the GitOps runtime and on-premises platform, and a Docker-in-Docker image.
Go-to-market
Software development, DevOps and platform teams deploying containerized and Kubernetes applications, including large enterprises operating Argo at scale; named customers have included Epic Games and Gap.
Geography
Offices in Mountain View, California and Tel Aviv, with staff distributed across Israel (20), North America (30) and eastern Europe as of 2020.
History
Founded in 2016, the company built tooling for developing, testing and deploying applications on Kubernetes as the orchestrator became a standard for cloud-based applications. By mid-2020 it had raised $42 million in total funding, including a $27 million round led by Red Dot Capital Partners announced in June 2020, and employed 65 people across Israel, North America and eastern Europe. In February 2024 Octopus Deploy acquired Codefresh, describing it as a leader in Kubernetes CD, GitOps and CI and a maintainer of the open-source Argo project. Codefresh products were subsequently folded into the Octopus Deploy portfolio: Codefresh CI continues to be sold and supported, documentation and step templates remain maintained, and the GitOps Cloud offering was discontinued.
Risks & controversies
The GitOps Cloud product has been discontinued, requiring affected users to move to alternative deployment and release orchestration tooling, and the brand is in transition into the Octopus Deploy portfolio.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsOctopus Deploy acquired Codefresh in February 2024, citing its position in Kubernetes CD, GitOps and CI and its role as an Argo maintainer.
The GitOps Cloud product is no longer available and new trials or signups are not offered; Octopus is recommended instead for deployment and release orchestration. Codefresh CI, documentation and step templates continue.
The Mountain View and Tel Aviv-based company announced a $27 million round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with Shasta Ventures and existing investors Viola Ventures, Hillsven Capital, Vertex Ventures, Microsoft's M12 and CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund participating, bringing total funding to $42 million. Proceeds were earmarked for R&D. Red Dot managing partner Yaniv Stern and Shasta partner Isaac Roth joined the board.
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Red Dot Capital Partners managing partner Yaniv Stern and Shasta Ventures partner Isaac Roth joined the company's board in connection with the $27 million round.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Codefresh do?
- Codefresh is a cloud-native CI/CD and GitOps platform built around Argo, now part of Octopus Deploy.
- Who founded Codefresh?
- Codefresh was founded by Raziel Tabib, Paul Stovell, Sonia Stovell in 2012.
- Who are Codefresh's investors?
- Codefresh's investors include Insight Partners, Red Dot Capital Partners, UpWest, Hillsven, M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), Shasta Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Viola Ventures.
- Where is Codefresh headquartered?
- Codefresh is headquartered in Brisbane, AU.