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Kestra

Founded 2022 · 83 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors

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Kestra is a plugin-powered orchestration platform for data pipelines, infrastructure automation, and AI workflows, using declarative, Git-native flows with triggering, execution control, observability, and recovery. It serves engineering and platform teams, offering self-hosted deployment via Docker or Kubernetes and an enterprise edition with SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and multi-tenancy for critical environments.

Founders & leadership

Kestra was founded in 2022 by Emmanuel Darras and Ludovic Dehon.

EDEmmanuel Darras
Emmanuel DarrasFounder
LDLudovic Dehon
Ludovic DehonFounderLudovic Dehon is co-founder and CTO of Kestra, a plugin-powered orchestration platform for data pipelines and AI workflows. He previously created AKHQ and has nearly two decades of experience building open-source infrastructure solutions.

Investors · 8

Funding

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$25M disclosed across 1 of 4 rounds · 2024–2026

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Frequently asked questions

What does Kestra do?
Kestra is a plugin-powered orchestration platform for data pipelines, infrastructure automation, and AI workflows, using declarative, Git-native flows with triggering, execution control, observability, and recovery. It serves engineering and platform teams, offering self-hosted deployment via Docker or Kubernetes and an enterprise edition with SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and multi-tenancy for critical environments.
Who founded Kestra?
Kestra was founded by Emmanuel Darras, Ludovic Dehon in 2022.
Who are Kestra's investors?
Kestra's investors include Axeleo Capital, Endeavour Vision, Humans Of The Internet, Isai, ISAI Gestion, RTP Global, Transpose Platform Management, Alven.
How much funding has Kestra raised?
Kestra has disclosed $25M raised across 1 of its 4 known rounds.