Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
45
/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 93 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
93
TrueUp
Rank
#480
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Sales
30
(32%)
2.
Engineering (Software)
20
(22%)
3.
Sales Engineering
16
(17%)
4.
Business Operations & Program Management
7
(8%)
5.
Customer Success
7
(8%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
35
(38%)
2.
🌎 Remote
19
(20%)
3.
🇮🇳 India
17
(18%)
4.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
15
(16%)
5.
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, India
14
(15%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Kubernetes
27
(29%)
2.
AWS
26
(28%)
3.
Salesforce
25
(27%)
4.
Linux
21
(23%)
5.
Azure
18
(19%)
Financials
Valuation
$2.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Nov 2024
Latest secondary valuation
$1.9billion
5% from last round
Estimate as of Jun 30, 2026
Data source: Caplight
Most recent funding
2 years ago ($175 million)
Total funding
$344 million
Actual 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
Rankings and awards
Forbes Cloud 100 #97
2024
Forbes Cloud 100 #91
2023
Forbes Cloud 100 #86
2022
Wealthfront Career-Launching Companies
2021
The Information 50 Most Promising Startups
2020
Layoffs
Employee-reported layoffs
Feb 2023 · 3 years ago
43 impacted8%
Open source
Open source at core
Kong
Top open source projects
kong
43.6 K
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
19% (18 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
8
