Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
49
/100
Business
Open source microservices management
Founded
19 years ago
Oct 30, 2007
Employees
700
Valuation
$2.0 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
Kong is an Open source microservices management company with 89 job openings. It is currently valued at $2.0 billion as a private company. 700 people work at Kong. The company was founded in 2007.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
🚀
🐢
😊
😟
Jobs
Open jobs
89
TrueUp
Rank
#482
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Sales
29
(33%)
2.
Engineering (Software)
17
(19%)
3.
Sales Engineering
17
(19%)
4.
Business Operations & Program Management
6
(7%)
5.
Customer Success
5
(6%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🌎 Remote
48
(54%)
2.
🇺🇸 United States
26
(29%)
3.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
14
(16%)
4.
🇬🇧 London, UK
10
(11%)
5.
🇮🇳 India
10
(11%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Kubernetes
25
(28%)
2.
AWS
24
(27%)
3.
Salesforce
21
(24%)
4.
Linux
19
(21%)
5.
Docker
15
(17%)
Financials
Valuation
$2.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Nov 2024
Latest secondary valuation
$2.3billion
15% from last round
Estimate as of May 4, 2026
Data source: Caplight
Most recent funding
2 years ago ($175 million)
Total funding
$344 million
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$1.7 billion
Lead Investor - Seed
NEALead Investors - Series A
CRV
Index VenturesValuation per employee
$2.9 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
74%
100+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 68% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Augusto Marietti
82%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
700
Rankings and awards
Wealthfront Career-Launching Companies
2021
The Information 50 Most Promising Startups
2020
More rankings Layoffs
Employee-reported layoffs
Feb 2023 · 3 years ago
43 impacted8%
Open source
Open source at core
Kong
Top open source projects
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43.4K
kong
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
54% (48 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
8
