Orkes
Cupertino, US · Founded 2020 · 76 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
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Orkes offers a managed, enterprise version of Conductor (an open-source workflow orchestration engine), adding availability guarantees, security and access controls, audit logging, a visual workflow builder, and AI/LLM chaining. It targets engineering teams that need to run and scale workflow orchestration on cloud or private cloud without maintaining the engine themselves.
Founders & leadership
Orkes was founded in 2020 by Viren Baraiya, Dilip Lukose, and Jeu George.


Investors · 7
How we know: Battery Ventures's portfolio page · a partner's Signal profile · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
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How we know: a partner's Signal profile · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
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How we know: a partner's Signal profile · Not right? Tell us
How we know: the VCSheet dataset · Not right? Tell us
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$120M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2024–2026
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Orkes do?
- Orkes offers a managed, enterprise version of Conductor (an open-source workflow orchestration engine), adding availability guarantees, security and access controls, audit logging, a visual workflow builder, and AI/LLM chaining. It targets engineering teams that need to run and scale workflow orchestration on cloud or private cloud without maintaining the engine themselves.
- Who founded Orkes?
- Orkes was founded by Viren Baraiya, Dilip Lukose, Jeu George in 2020.
- Who are Orkes's investors?
- Orkes's investors include Battery Ventures, Olima Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Atlantic Vantage Point, AXA Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd..
- How much funding has Orkes raised?
- Orkes has disclosed $120M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Orkes headquartered?
- Orkes is headquartered in Cupertino, US.





