Category Archives: developer tools

Harness makes first acquisition, snagging open source CI company Drone.io

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Harness has made a name for itself creating tools like continuous delivery (CD) for software engineers to give them the kind of power that has been traditionally reserved for companies with large engineering teams like Google, Facebook and Netflix. Today, the company announced it has acquired Drone.io, an open source continuous integration (CI) company, marking […] Continue reading Harness makes first acquisition, snagging open source CI company Drone.io→

Salesforce introduces several new developer tools including serverless functions

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Salesforce has a bunch of announcements coming out of the virtual Trailheadx conference taking place later this week, starting today with some new developer tools. The goal of these tools is to give developers a more modern way of creating applications on top of the Salesforce platform. Perhaps the most interesting of the three being […] Continue reading Salesforce introduces several new developer tools including serverless functions→

HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul

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HashiCorp is well known in the developer community for offering a slew of open source tools to help build and manage modern applications. Today the company announced a new cloud platform and plans to eventually offer managed versions of those tools, starting with Consul a tool for connecting and securing services across platforms. HashiCorp CEO […] Continue reading HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul→

New Harness product lets engineering teams monitor cloud spending in real time

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One of the big advantages of using the cloud is ease of deployment. For engineers, being able to dial up infrastructure resources means being able to develop without delays, but it can also lead to big bills at the end of the month if you don’t know what you’re spending. Harness wants to help with […] Continue reading New Harness product lets engineering teams monitor cloud spending in real time→

Pitch deck teardown: The making of Atlassian’s 2015 roadshow presentation

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In 2015, Atlassian was preparing to go public, but it was not your typical company in so many ways. For starters, it was founded in Australia, it had two co-founder co-CEOs, and it offered collaboration tools centered on software development. That meant that the company leaders really needed to work hard to help investors understand […] Continue reading Pitch deck teardown: The making of Atlassian’s 2015 roadshow presentation→

Docker expands relationship with Microsoft to ease developer experience across platforms

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When Docker sold off its enterprise division to Mirantis last fall, that didn’t mark the end of the company. In fact, Docker still exists and has refocused as a cloud-native developer tools vendor. Today it announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft around simplifying running Docker containers in Azure. As its new mission suggests, it involves […] Continue reading Docker expands relationship with Microsoft to ease developer experience across platforms→

Env0 announces $3.3M seed to bring more control to Infrastructure as Code

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Env0, a startup that wants to help companies bring some order to delivery of Infrastructure as Code, announced a $3.3 million seed investment today and the release of the Beta of the company’s first product. Boldstart Ventures and Grove Ventures co-led the round with participation from several angel investors including Guy Podjarny of Snyk. Company […] Continue reading Env0 announces $3.3M seed to bring more control to Infrastructure as Code→

Pinpoint releases dashboard to bring visibility to software engineering operations

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As companies look for better ways to understand how different departments work at a granular level, engineering has traditionally been a black box of siloed data. Pinpoint, an Austin-based startup has been working on a platform to bring this information into a single view, and today it released a dashboard to help companies understand what’s […] Continue reading Pinpoint releases dashboard to bring visibility to software engineering operations→

Datree announces $8M Series A as it joins Y Combinator

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Datree, the early stage startup building a DevOps policy engine on GitHub, announced an $8 million Series A today. It also announced it has joined the Y Combinator Winter 20 cohort. Blumberg and TLV Partners led the round with participation from Y Combinator . The company has now raised $11 million with the $3 million […] Continue reading Datree announces $8M Series A as it joins Y Combinator→

Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 2 of 2)

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In part two of a survey that asks top VCs about exciting opportunities in open source and dev tools, we dig into responses from 10 leading open-source-focused investors at firms that span early to growth stage across software-specific firms, corporate venture arms and prominent generalist firms. Where top VCs are investing in open source and […] Continue reading Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 2 of 2)→