Buoyant

Private

San Francisco, CaliforniaAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://www.buoyant.io/

Last Round

VC Round

Mar 14, 2019

Total Funding Raised

$17.5M

Momentum

Top 5%

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Company Overview

Buoyant is a software company that develops open-source service mesh solutions for Kubernetes, designed to enhance security, reliability, and observability for cloud-native applications.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

DevOps & Containers, Cloud Infrastructure, Application Security, Cloud Security

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Infrastructure

Keywords

Linkerdservice meshKubernetesmicroserviceskubernetes securitymutual TLSmTLSobservabilitycloud-native networkingcontainer orchestrationModel Context ProtocolMCPagentic AI infrastructureservice mesh proxysidecarless mesh

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Buoyant Funding Rounds

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Data table
Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
VC Round	Mar 14, 2019
Series A	Jul 11, 2017
Seed	Apr 1, 2015

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Key People

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Oliver Gould

Co-Founder & CTO

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Buoyant Investors

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Buoyant investors
Investor	Rounds
Benchmark Capital	VC Round, Series A
SV Angel	Seed, Series A
GV	VC Round
Webb Investment Network	Seed, Series A
Fuel Capital	Seed, Series A
#ANGELS	Series A
A. Capital Ventures	VC Round, Seed, Series A

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Sep 1, 2026
Open roles increased to 30, 86% of headcount.
Jul 20, 2026
Open roles increased from 0 to 30, representing 86% of headcount.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California

Employee Range35

Year Founded2015

Last FundingMar 14, 2019

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