72 investors have funded 16 Docker Ecosystem companies head-officed in San Francisco, across 146 rounds (May 2012 – Aug 2025). They are ranked by how many San Francisco companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In San Francisco" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | SeedSeries B | 4 | 5 | 2 | Mar 2019 | 5,648 |
| 2 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | SeedSeries DSeries C | 3 | 8 | 4 | May 2018 | 1,117 |
| 3 | Kleiner Perkins | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 3 | 6 | 3 | May 2016 | 666 |
| 4 | Fuel Capital | Burlingame, United States | Series DSeries BSeries A | 2 | 8 | — | May 2018 | 67 |
| 5 | Wing Venture Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Series ASeries BSeed | 2 | 6 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 119 |
| 6 | SV Angel | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries DSeries B | 2 | 5 | 1 | May 2018 | 734 |
| 7 | Google Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series ASeries B | 2 | 3 | 2 | Oct 2020 | 736 |
| 8 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | — | Jan 2015 | 1,988 |
| 9 | DCVC | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 2014 | 265 |
| 10 | Two Sigma Ventures | New York City, United States | Series DSeries A | 2 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 106 |
| 11 | Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series DSeries CSeries B | 1 | 4 | 2 | May 2018 | 680 |
| 12 | Scale Venture Partners | Foster City, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 4 | 1 | May 2021 | 177 |
| 13 | Harrison Metal | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries BSeries C | 1 | 4 | — | Jul 2019 | 96 |
| 14 | New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 3 | — | Dec 2018 | 1,110 |
| 15 | DFJ | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jan 2018 | 336 |
| 16 | Baseline Ventures | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries BSeries D | 1 | 3 | — | Jul 2019 | 90 |
| 17 | Top Tier Capital Partners | San Francisco, United States | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | 1 | May 2021 | 40 |
| 18 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2014 | 1,568 |
| 19 | Accel | Palo Alto, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | May 2016 | 1,133 |
| 20 | First Round Capital | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 476 |
| 21 | Norwest Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 446 |
| 22 | True Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jul 2013 | 364 |
| 23 | Madrona Venture Group | Seattle, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2018 | 271 |
| 24 | IVP | Menlo Park, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2021 | 225 |
| 25 | Sapphire Ventures | Austin, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | — | May 2021 | 189 |
| 26 | Gimv | Antwerp, Belgium | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2015 | 160 |
| 27 | Industry Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2019 | 134 |
| 28 | Afore Capital | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2022 | 82 |
| 29 | Threshold | Menlo Park, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | — | May 2021 | 69 |
| 30 | Triangle Peak Partners | Palo Alto, United States | Series DSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | May 2018 | 53 |
| 31 | Qbic Fund | Ghent, Belgium | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2015 | 40 |
| 32 | Heavybit | San Francisco, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2019 | 31 |
| 33 | Baseline Ventures | Bengaluru, India | Series CSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | — | May 2021 | 32 |
| 34 | NextEquity Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2021 | 22 |
| 35 | Owl Rock | New York City, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2021 | 12 |
| 36 | SoFi | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2015 | 9 |
| 37 | Center Electric | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | — | Dec 2014 | 7 |
| 38 | General Catalyst | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | 855 | |
| 39 | Insight Partners | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2018 | 762 |
| 40 | Intel Capital | Santa Clara, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | May 2016 | 764 |
| 41 | Greylock Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | 471 | |
| 42 | Benchmark | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 293 |
| 43 | Foundation Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2014 | 346 |
| 44 | Coatue | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 312 |
| 45 | In-Q-Tel | Washington, DC, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 318 |
| 46 | Cisco Investments | San Jose, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2025 | 265 |
| 47 | Comcast Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 219 |
| 48 | T. Rowe Price | Baltimore, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2018 | 214 |
| 49 | Microsoft | Redmond, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2016 | 173 |
| 50 | Haystack | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 146 |
| 51 | Greenspring Associates | Owings Mills, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 112 |
| 52 | Uncorrelated Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 110 |
| 53 | Qatar Investment Authority | Doha, Qatar | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 106 |
| 54 | XYZ Venture Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 85 |
| 55 | A.Capital Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2016 | 81 |
| 56 | Birchmere Ventures | Pittsburgh, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 59 |
| 57 | Koch Disruptive Technologies | Wichita, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 58 |
| 58 | National Grid Partners | Los Gatos, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2019 | 50 |
| 59 | Root Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 38 |
| 60 | Vertex Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 39 |
| 61 | Work-Bench | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | May 2016 | 41 |
| 62 | Draper Triangle | Pittsburgh, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 31 |
| 63 | Essence VC | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 40 |
| 64 | Hewlett Packard Pathfinder | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2016 | 32 |
| 65 | HearstLab | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 34 |
| 66 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Houston, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 23 |
| 67 | Koch Industries | Wichita, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2018 | 15 |
| 68 | Telia Company | Solna, Sweden | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2019 | 11 |
| 69 | ZWC Ventures | Chaoyang, China | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 6 |
| 70 | Telescopic Ventures | Oakland, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 4 |
| 71 | Disruptive Technology Advisers | Los Angeles, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 2 |
| 72 | bubba.vc | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | May 2021 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Docker Ecosystem companies head-officed in San Francisco that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2iQ d2iq.com |
21 | 38 | $2.5B | Series D May 2018 |
| CircleCI circleci.com |
17 | 37 | $2B | Series E+ May 2021 |
| CoreOS coreos.com |
9 | 17 | $268.1M | Series B May 2016 |
| Aporeto aporeto.com |
6 | 9 | $129M | Series B Jan 2019 |
| Elotl elotl.co |
6 | 6 | $25M | Seed Aug 2025 |
| Okteto okteto.com |
5 | 5 | $60.2M | Series A Feb 2022 |
| Tigera tigera.io |
4 | 9 | $176M | Series B Dec 2018 |
| Kubecost kubecost.com |
3 | 5 | $86M | Series A Feb 2022 |
| Apcera apcera.com |
3 | 5 | $16.6M | Series A Jul 2013 |
| CoScale coscale.com |
3 | 6 | $12.5M | Series A Aug 2015 |
| Pixie pixielabs.ai |
2 | 2 | $18.3M | Series A Oct 2020 |
| ContainerX containerx.io |
2 | 2 | $5.4M | |
| Containership.io containership.io |
2 | 2 | $4.8M | Seed Apr 2016 |
| Patchwork Security patchworksecurity.com |
1 | 1 | $120K | Seed Jun 2016 |
| Redspread redspread.com |
1 | 1 | $120K | Seed Mar 2016 |
| DCHQ.io dchq.co |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jan 2015 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Cisco Investments | Elotl | Seed | — |
| Feb 2022 | Uncorrelated Ventures | Okteto | Series A | $15M |
| Feb 2022 | Two Sigma VenturesLED | Okteto | Series A | $15M |
| Feb 2022 | Root Ventures | Okteto | Series A | $15M |
| Feb 2022 | Haystack | Okteto | Series A | $15M |
| Feb 2022 | Afore Capital | Kubecost | Series A | $25M |
| Feb 2022 | First Round Capital | Kubecost | Series A | $25M |
| Feb 2022 | CoatueLED | Kubecost | Series A | $25M |
| Nov 2021 | XYZ Venture Capital | Elotl | Seed | $5M |
| Nov 2021 | Vertex VenturesLED | Elotl | Seed | $5M |
| Nov 2021 | HearstLab | Elotl | Seed | $5M |
| Nov 2021 | Telescopic Ventures | Elotl | Seed | $5M |
| Nov 2021 | Essence VC | Elotl | Seed | $5M |
| May 2021 | bubba.vc | CircleCI | Series E+ | $100M |
| May 2021 | Sapphire Ventures | CircleCI | Series E+ | $100M |
| May 2021 | Owl Rock | CircleCI | Series E+ | $100M |
| May 2021 | NextEquity Partners | CircleCI | Series E+ | $100M |
| May 2021 | IVP | CircleCI | Series E+ | $100M |
| May 2021 | Scale Venture Partners | CircleCI | Series E+ | $100M |
| May 2021 | Greenspring AssociatesLED | CircleCI | Series E+ | $100M |
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