Crave was founded by Alvin C., Yuvraaj Kelkar in 2016.

Who are Crave's investors?

Crave's investors include K9 Ventures, SignalFire.

Where is Crave headquartered?

Crave is headquartered in Santa Clara, US.

Crave

Santa Clara, US · Founded 2016 · 6 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors

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Crave provides one-click cloud infrastructure and containerized "Devspaces" — unified remote dev environments that let engineering teams onboard, build, debug, and run CI consistently. It targets DevOps and development teams migrating from legacy setups to public or private cloud, with a focus on faster compilation, caching, and reduced cloud spend.

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Founders & leadership

Crave was founded in 2016 by Alvin C. and Yuvraaj Kelkar.

Alvin C.Founder

Yuvraaj Kelkar CEO & Co-founderYuvraaj Kelkar brings 20 years of software engineering experience leading technical teams at large enterprises across virtualization, storage, networking, containerization, embedded systems, and mobile development. He founded Crave to address inefficiencies in build environments and provide managed development infrastructure for engineering teams.

Investors · 2

K9 Ventureslisted by K9 VenturesPalo Alto · $250K – $750K

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SignalFirelisted by SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M

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Non-dilutive funding · 1 SBIR/STTR award

Federal grants — no equity taken

Agency	Phase	Year	Amount
U.S. Air ForceAir Force	Phase I	2022	$49.9K

Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.

Frequently asked questions

What does Crave do?: Crave provides one-click cloud infrastructure and containerized "Devspaces" — unified remote dev environments that let engineering teams onboard, build, debug, and run CI consistently. It targets DevOps and development teams migrating from legacy setups to public or private cloud, with a focus on faster compilation, caching, and reduced cloud spend.
Who founded Crave?: Crave was founded by Alvin C., Yuvraaj Kelkar in 2016.
Who are Crave's investors?: Crave's investors include K9 Ventures, SignalFire.
Where is Crave headquartered?: Crave is headquartered in Santa Clara, US.