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Last9
San Francisco, US · Founded 2020 · Delaware corporation · 30 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
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Last9 is an observability platform that ingests metrics, logs, traces, and profiles and correlates them into unified dashboards, alerts, and AI agents for engineering teams. It supports high-cardinality telemetry data, OpenTelemetry-native integrations, and AI co-pilots (via Claude, Cursor, or Slack) to help teams triage and remediate issues while controlling costs.
Founders & leadership
Last9 was founded in 2020 by Piyush Verma, Nishant Modak, and Kuldeep Dhankar.
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Kuldeep DhankarCo-founder & CROKuldeep Dhankar brings 20 years of experience in engineering management, SaaS sales, product strategy, and customer operations, with deep expertise in cloud and mobile technologies. He is Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Last9, an observability platform for engineering teams.
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Aditya GodboleCTOCTO of Last9, an observability platform. Godbole brings 20 years of experience in kernel development, machine vision, cloud infrastructure, and applied data science.
Investors · 6
Sequoia Capital✓ confirmed by Last9Menlo Park · $100K – $50M
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Surge✓ confirmed by Last9Trianon · $500K – $5M
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Better Capitallisted by Better Capital$5K – $100Kvia Vaibhav Domkundwar · inferred
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Also in the syndicate · 1
Sequoia Capital Indialead
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$13.1M disclosed across 1 round · 2021
▶$13.1MraisedOct 2021 · 14 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$13.1MraisedOct 2021 · 14 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Piyush VermaDirector
- Nishant Prashant ModakExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $14.1M
- Amount sold
- $13.1M
- First sale
- Oct 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
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 Last9 do?
- Last9 is an observability platform that ingests metrics, logs, traces, and profiles and correlates them into unified dashboards, alerts, and AI agents for engineering teams. It supports high-cardinality telemetry data, OpenTelemetry-native integrations, and AI co-pilots (via Claude, Cursor, or Slack) to help teams triage and remediate issues while controlling costs.
- Who founded Last9?
- Last9 was founded by Piyush Verma, Nishant Modak, Kuldeep Dhankar in 2020.
- Who are Last9's investors?
- Last9's investors include Sequoia Capital, Surge, Better Capital, Lightspeed India Partners, Peak XV Partners.
- How much funding has Last9 raised?
- Last9 has disclosed $13.1M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Last9 headquartered?
- Last9 is headquartered in San Francisco, US.