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Holberton

San Francisco, US · Delaware corporation · 8 known investors

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Purple fund portfolio company.

Founders & leadership

JBJulien Barbier
Julien BarbierCo-Founder & CEO2015–2022Julien Barbier co-founded Holberton, a software engineering school that scaled to 32 global campuses before being acquired by ALX, where he led product and growth for Applied AI and Software Engineering programs serving over 1.6M users. Previously, he was the first head of Marketing and Growth at Docker, joining when the company was operating as dotCloud, and prior to that sold an e-commerce business.
SKSylvain Kalache
Sylvain KalacheCo-Founder & President2015–2021Sylvain Kalache is a technologist with two decades of experience in engineering, public relations, and developer advocacy. He co-founded Holberton School, a software engineering training program operating in 25+ countries, and previously worked as a Senior SRE at LinkedIn where he co-designed patented infrastructure; he currently leads AI Labs at Rootly developing reliability tools.

Board

MEMarie Ekeland
Marie EkelandBoard directorFounder & CEO at 2050
MLManoel Lemos
Manoel LemosBoard directorManaging Partner at Redpoint eventures
EB
Eustache BesanconBoard director
MV
Marc VerstaenBoard director

Investors · 8

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$33.1M disclosed across 4 of 6 rounds · 2015–2021

▶$20MraisedApr 2021 · 32 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Julien BarbierExecutive Officer, Director
  • Sylvain KalacheDirector
  • Eustache BesanconDirector
  • Marie EkelandDirector
  • Manoel LemosDirector
  • Marc VerstaenDirector
Offering amount
$20M
Amount sold
$20M
First sale
Dec 2019
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$8.3MraisedMay 2018 · 17 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Sylvain KalacheExecutive Officer, Director
  • Julien BarbierExecutive Officer, Director
  • Marie EkelandDirector
  • Shauntel PoulsonDirector
  • Marc VerstaenDirector
Offering amount
$10M
Amount sold
$8.3M
First sale
Dec 2017
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2015
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$2.8MraisedJul 2017 · 25 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Marc VerstaenDirector
  • Julien BarbierExecutive Officer, Director
  • Sylvain KalacheExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$2.8M
Amount sold
$2.8M
First sale
Dec 2016
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2015
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$2MraisedFeb 2017 · 27 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Julien BarbierExecutive Officer, Director
  • Sylvain KalacheExecutive Officer, Director
  • Marc VerstaenDirector
Offering amount
$2M
Amount sold
$2M
First sale
Jun 2015
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2015
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Holberton do?
Purple fund portfolio company.
Who founded Holberton?
Holberton was founded by Julien Barbier, Sylvain Kalache.
Who are Holberton's investors?
Holberton's investors include Daphni, Partech Ventures, Redpoint eventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Insight Partners, Omidyar Network, Reach Capital, Trinity Ventures.
How much funding has Holberton raised?
Holberton has disclosed $33.1M raised across 4 of its 6 known rounds.
Where is Holberton headquartered?
Holberton is headquartered in San Francisco, US.