Teleport
YC S15San Francisco, US · Founded 2015 · 255 employees · 7 known investors
Teleport is an infrastructure identity platform that modernizes identity, access, and policy for computing environments. The company helps engineering teams reduce complexity and attack surface by simplifying trusted computing for critical infrastructure.
Also known as Gravitational
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareDevSecOpsNext-gen Network SecurityUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S15)
Teleport was founded in 2015 by Ev Kontsevoy, Alexander Klizhentas, and Taylor Wakefield.
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Ev Kontsevoyin𝕏Cofounder, CEOEv Kontsevoy previously founded and led Mailgun, held a product role at Rackspace, and has software engineering expertise. He is currently CEO and cofounder of Teleport.
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Alexander KlizhentasFounder/CTOAlexander Klizhentas builds distributed infrastructure systems and leads engineering teams, focusing on developer productivity and technical skill growth.
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Taylor Wakefieldin𝕏Co-Founder, COOTaylor Wakefield co-founded Mailgun, which was acquired by Rackspace in 2012, where he served as director of product for three years. He is a Boston College graduate and co-founded Teleport.
Investors · 7
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$50M disclosed across 1 round · 2026
- $50MraisedJan 2026 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Teleport went on to found or lead other companies.
Competitors · 3
by search overlap
Netezza2679 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
strongDM2027 shared keywordsStrongDM provides privileged access management and identity governance for infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform centralizes access control, enforces zero standing privileges, and enables just-in-time provisioning for teams managing critical systems.
Cloudflare Turnstile1135 shared keywordsCloudflare provides a global cloud network platform delivering security, performance, and development services through sixty-plus integrated services including SASE, application security, and full-stack development infrastructure.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Teleport do?
- Teleport is an infrastructure identity platform that modernizes identity, access, and policy for computing environments. The company helps engineering teams reduce complexity and attack surface by simplifying trusted computing for critical infrastructure.
- Who founded Teleport?
- Teleport was founded by Ev Kontsevoy, Alexander Klizhentas, Taylor Wakefield in 2015.
- Who are Teleport's investors?
- Teleport's investors include 137 Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Y Combinator, CapitalX, HPS Investment Partners, LLC, Insight Partners.
- How much funding has Teleport raised?
- Teleport has disclosed $50M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Teleport headquartered?
- Teleport is headquartered in San Francisco, US.