Okteto
YC W19San Francisco, US · Founded 2018 · Delaware corporation · 30 employees · Hiring · 8 known investors
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Ken Chenaultunlockedknows Ramiro Berrelleza · together at IBM (overlapped)
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Okteto is a developer platform that enables teams to develop cloud-native applications by moving development and preview environments into the cloud. The company serves software development teams of any size seeking to accelerate their development cycles and innovation.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W19)
Okteto was founded in 2018 by Ramiro Berrelleza, Pablo Chico de Guzman, Ramon Lamana, and Ramiro Antonio Berrelleza Perez.
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Ramiro Berrellezain𝕏Founder and CEORamiro Berrelleza is a co-founder of Okteto who previously worked as an architect at Atlassian and as a software engineer at ElasticBox and Microsoft Azure, with a focus on cloud infrastructure and developer tooling.
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Pablo Chico de Guzmanin𝕏Founder & CTOPablo Chico de Guzman founded Okteto, a platform for Kubernetes adoption and development workflow acceleration. He previously worked at Docker on the Docker Cloud container platform and organized community meetups focused on container and cloud-native technologies.
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Ramon Lamanain𝕏FounderRamon Lamana previously worked at Google on consumer products including Inbox by Gmail and YouTube, and held positions at Elasticbox and EyeOS focused on developer experience and browser-based workspace virtualization.
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Ramiro Antonio Berrelleza PerezCo-founder
Investors · 8
MAGIC FundLos Angeles · $50K – $5M
Root Ventures Manager, LlcSan Francisco · $3M – $5M
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Haystackreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $1M – $3M
Root VenturesreportedSan Francisco
Two Sigma Venturesreported · 2 sourcesNew York · $2M – $15M
Uncorrelated VenturesreportedLas Vegas
WndrCoreportedRedwood City · $100K – $10M
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$17.9M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2020–2022
▶$15MraisedJan 2022 · 10 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$15MraisedJan 2022 · 10 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Villi IltchevDirector
- Pablo Chico de Guzman HuertaDirector
- Ramiro Antonio Berrelleza PerezExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $15M
- Amount sold
- $15M
- First sale
- Jan 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.9MraisedSep 2020 · 12 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
▶$2.9MraisedSep 2020 · 12 investors · Other
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Ramiro Antonio Berrelleza PerezExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $2.9M
- Amount sold
- $2.9M
- First sale
- Aug 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- 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 Okteto do?
- Okteto is a developer platform that enables teams to develop cloud-native applications by moving development and preview environments into the cloud. The company serves software development teams of any size seeking to accelerate their development cycles and innovation.
- Who founded Okteto?
- Okteto was founded by Ramiro Berrelleza, Pablo Chico de Guzman, Ramon Lamana, Ramiro Antonio Berrelleza Perez in 2018.
- Who are Okteto's investors?
- Okteto's investors include MAGIC Fund, Root Ventures Manager, Llc, Y Combinator, Haystack, Root Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, WndrCo.
- How much funding has Okteto raised?
- Okteto has disclosed $17.9M raised across 2 rounds.
- Where is Okteto headquartered?
- Okteto is headquartered in San Francisco, US.