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.

Investors · 8
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$25M disclosed across 1 of 4 rounds · 2024–2026
- $25MSeries AMar 2026 · 3 sourcesSource ↗
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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.






