Developer Tools Startups

Chef provides a platform for automating infrastructure operations and DevOps workflows across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform combines configuration management, compliance automation, and workflow orchestration for enterprise teams.

5 investors

Clerk provides user management and authentication infrastructure for developers, enabling quick integration of complete user management systems into applications.

5 investors

Cloudsmith outlines its operating principles, emphasizing automation, cloud-native design, transparency, and customer involvement in building its software. This page presents company values rather than concrete product details.

5 investors

Codacy provides a platform for code quality, security, and AI coding policy enforcement, letting engineering teams define coding standards and apply them across projects, IDEs, and AI coding agents. It offers automated pull request reviews, SAST, secret scanning, dependency/CVE scanning, AI guardrails, and audit-ready reports for compliance frameworks like SOC2 and ISO27001.

5 investors

Codasip develops RISC-V processor IP and processor design tools for chip and embedded systems designers. It provides customizable general-purpose and application-specific instruction set processor cores along with the design methodology behind them.

5 investors

Codesphere provides a cloud platform and consulting focused on helping enterprise IT and software teams deliver projects on schedule and within budget. It works with enterprise leaders in the DACH region.

5 investors

Copado is a cloud-based, Salesforce-native DevOps platform offering CI/CD, automated testing, version control, and governance for the full Salesforce development lifecycle. It serves enterprise teams and growing organizations managing complex Salesforce environments, including customers in banking and financial services.

5 investors

CoreOS developed container-focused infrastructure software, including the lightweight Container Linux operating system, the etcd distributed key-value store, and the Tectonic Kubernetes platform. Acquired by Red Hat in 2018, with its technology folded into OpenShift.

5 investors

Cubist develops cryptographic proof systems and tools for verifying software correctness and security, serving developers and organizations building secure systems. The company combines expertise in zero-knowledge proofs, formal verification, and programming language security.

5 investors

Cutover provides cloud disaster recovery and incident management automation software using AI-powered orchestration to replace manual recovery processes. The platform serves organizations managing application availability and IT resilience, backed by a partnership with AWS.

5 investors

Dagster Labs develops Dagster, an open-source data orchestration platform with a commercial cloud offering. The product serves data engineers and teams building data platforms.

5 investors

Dedalus Labs provides virtual machines that boot in 250ms with Linux isolation, persistent storage, and scale-to-zero billing. The platform serves developers and infrastructure teams needing fast, isolated compute with pay-only-when-running economics.

5 investors

DeepInfra provides inference infrastructure for deploying open-source AI models at scale, built from GPU hardware to API layer. The company serves organizations seeking reliable AI inference without vendor lock-in to proprietary models.

5 investors

DeepCode AI is a code-scanning technology from Snyk that combines symbolic and generative AI with machine learning methods and security-researcher expertise to detect security issues in code with high accuracy. It is aimed at developers and security teams.

5 investors

Deepnote is a collaborative data analysis platform that enables data teams to conduct analytics, build models, and share insights through a single interface. It serves data professionals, scientists, and teams who need to collaborate on data-driven projects with support for major data sources like BigQuery and Snowflake.

5 investors

Descope is a no/low-code customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that lets developers build authentication and user journeys using a drag-and-drop visual editor, SDKs, or REST APIs. It supports passwordless login, MFA, SSO, SCIM provisioning, fine-grained authorization, and identity federation for consumer, business, and internal applications.

5 investors

DevPlan delivers role-specific project briefings to team members via Slack and email, highlighting action items, risks, changes, and decisions relevant to their work. The platform is designed for teams managing software development and product delivery.

5 investors

Ditto provides a distributed database that enables applications to store and access data across mobile devices, edge devices, and cloud infrastructure without relying on centralized servers, using peer-to-peer mesh replication. It serves app developers who need to build collaborative, offline-capable applications.

5 investors

Draftbit is a low-code platform that enables users to build web and mobile applications for iOS and Android using visual editing, AI agents, and integrated development tools. The platform serves app developers and builders seeking to reduce development time through drag-and-drop interfaces and direct code access.

5 investors

Dynamic provides wallet and payment infrastructure for applications and platforms, enabling integration of blockchain-based transactions. The platform serves fintech, payroll, HR, and crypto applications seeking to add wallet functionality and cryptocurrency payment capabilities.

5 investors

E2B provides open-source, secure cloud sandboxes (built on Firecracker microVMs) where AI agents and LLMs can run untrusted, AI-generated code, use terminals and browsers, handle files, and access the internet. It is aimed at developers building AI agents, coding agents, data analysis tools, and reinforcement learning workflows, and offers self-hosted, on-prem, and BYOC deployment options.

5 investors

Eclipse is a Layer 2 blockchain network for Ethereum that runs the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), combining Solana's execution speed with Ethereum's liquidity to support high-throughput decentralized applications. It serves crypto developers and users building and deploying dApps, and offers cross-chain interoperability with Ethereum and Solana.

5 investors

EigenCloud is a developer platform that adds cryptographic verifiability to data, computation, and AI inference, backed by slashable stake on EigenLayer. It offers primitives (EigenCompute, EigenAI, EigenDA, EigenLayer) for developers building trusted blockchain applications and AI agents, supporting use cases such as DeFi, cross-chain payments, autonomous agents, and provably fair gaming.

5 investors

MultiversX (the EGLD network, formerly Elrond) is a distributed blockchain network for building decentralized applications, using adaptive state sharding and a Secure Proof of Stake consensus mechanism. It provides infrastructure for developers, including a WASM-based virtual machine and the native EGLD token for transactions and staking.

5 investors