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Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

5000 employees

Rackspace provides hybrid cloud-based services that enable businesses to run their workload in a public or private cloud.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software5
Cloud Computing4
Enterprise Software3
Kubernetes2
Information Technology2
Artificial Intelligence2
SaaS2
Machine Learning2
Cloud Security2
Social Media1
B2B1
Customer Service1
email1
IP reputation1
whitelisting1
email analytics1
Messaging1
email deliverability1
transactional email1
email validation1

Funding rounds participated in

$31M sweet spot round size

Most of their 8 investments are in rounds between $800K and $50M

Basic info

Industry

information technology & services

Sectors

Cloud Computing
IaaS
Big Data
Cloud Infrastructure

Date founded

1998

Investments made

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Platform9 raised undisclosed on April 29, 2021

Investors: Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

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Mailgun by Pathwire raised $50M on February 22, 2017

Investors: Turn/River Capital, Scaleworks and Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

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Cloud Technology Partners, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company raised undisclosed on August 31, 2016

Investors: State Street and Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

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CrowdStrike raised $100M on July 13, 2015

Investors: Warburg Pincus LLC, CapitalG and Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

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ScaleFT, the Zero Trust security company raised $800K on May 11, 2015

Investors: Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

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HelpSocial raised undisclosed on August 18, 2014

Investors: Geekdom Fund, Corsa Ventures, Greenhouse Investment Fund LP and Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

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IBM Cloudant raised $12M on May 14, 2013

Investors: In-Q-Tel, toba capital, Toba Capital, F-Prime Capital Partners, Avalon Venture and Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

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DataStax raised undisclosed on April 23, 2010

Investors: Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$12M

from 5 investors over 5 rounds

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Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company raised undisclosed on September 11, 2017

Investors: Accel-KKR and Abry Partners

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Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company raised $12M on April 3, 2000

Investors: Norwest Venture Partners and Red Hat

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Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company raised $6.3M on January 10, 2000

Investors: Teton Capital Advisers

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