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Kong (formerly Mashape) is a cloud connectivity company providing API platform for microservices. Its products include Kong Gateway, an open-source API gateway for multi-cloud and hybrid environments, microservices, and distributed architectures; Kong Enterprise, an end-to-end service control platform for multi-cloud and hybrid organizations.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2009 | |
| HQ | San Francisco, US | Map |
| Website | konghq.com |
Key People/Management at Kong
Augusto Marietti
CEO
Marco Palladino
CTO
Ken Kim
VP, Business Operations
Janet Phillips
VP, People
Geoff Townsend
VP, Engineering
Reza Shafii
VP, Product
Kong Office Locations
Kong has an office in San Francisco
San Francisco, US (HQ)
251 Post St 2nd Floor, San Francisco
San Francisco, US
150 Spear St #1600, San Francisco
Kong Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2009 |
Kong total Funding | $69.1 m |
Kong latest funding size | $43 m |
Time since last funding | a year ago |
Kong investors | Index Ventures, GGV Capital, Innovation Endeavors, New Enterprise Associates, Andreessen Horowitz, CRV, Jeff Bezos, Ignition Partners, Eric Schmidt, Mucker Capital, Rick Webb, Stanford University, George Zachary, Russell Siegelman, Lars Kamp, Kevin Donahue, Erik Rannala, Charles River Ventures, Dwipal Desai, World Innovation Lab, Massimo Sgrelli, David Estrada |
Kong's latest funding round in March 2019 was reported to be $43 m. In total, Kong has raised $69.1 m
Kong Revenue
Kong's revenue was reported to be $5 m in Y, 2018
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Y, 2018) | 5.0m |
| USD | Y, 2018 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 34.3k |
Kong Operating Metrics
Kong's Enterprise Customers was reported to be 100 in Mar, 2019.
Kong Cybersecurity Score
Kong Online and Social Media Presence
25.62k Twitter followers
Kong has 25.62k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.2% quarter over quarter
Kong's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @thekonginc
7.3k
Tweets
429
Following
25.6k
Followers
64
Tweets last 30 days
1
Avg. likes per Tweet
93.8%
Tweets with engagement
Kong Blogs
August 11, 2020
A Guide to Building Racial Equality and Inclusivity in the Tech Workplace
Although the tech industry has been slowly getting more diverse over recent years, there is still an enormous amount of work to be done in building racial equality and inclusivity…
The post A Guide to Building Racial Equality and Inclusivity in the Tech Workplace appeared first on KongHQ.
August 08, 2020
A Very Tiny Bug
Some weeks ago, a Kong user reported an error they had on ARM64 servers. When he confirmed that the same issue appeared on the latest version of Kong but not…
The post A Very Tiny Bug appeared first on KongHQ.
August 07, 2020
Tracing With Zipkin in Kong 2.1.0
Why Tracing? There is a great number of logging plugins for Kong, which might be enough for your needs. However, they have certain limitations: Most of them only work on…
The post Tracing With Zipkin in Kong 2.1.0 appeared first on KongHQ.
August 04, 2020
Kong Mesh 1.0 Released
We are happy to announce the general availability of Kong Mesh 1.0! Kong Mesh is Kong’s first enterprise service mesh built on top of Kuma and Envoy that organizations can…
The post Kong Mesh 1.0 Released appeared first on KongHQ.
July 31, 2020
How to Dynamically Route Requests With Kong Enterprise
Having worked with many customers and prospects at Kong, one of the main requirements we often hear is how to handle dynamic routing based on the URL and headers. In…
The post How to Dynamically Route Requests With Kong Enterprise appeared first on KongHQ.
July 30, 2020
Kuma 0.7.0 Released With New “Zone” Resource, New ProxyTemplate, StatefulSet support And More!
We are happy to announce the general availability of Kuma 0.7! This is very big release that includes countless improvements and updates, specifically when it comes to multi-zone deployments configuration…
The post Kuma 0.7.0 Released With New “Zone” Resource, New ProxyTemplate, StatefulSet support …
Kong Frequently Asked Questions
When was Kong founded?
Kong was founded in 2009.
Who are Kong key executives?
Kong's key executives are Augusto Marietti, Marco Palladino and Ken Kim.
How many employees does Kong have?
Kong has 179 employees.
What is Kong revenue?
Latest Kong annual revenue is $5 m.
What is Kong revenue per employee?
Latest Kong revenue per employee is $27.9 k.
Who are Kong competitors?
Competitors of Kong include Cloud Elements, DreamFactory Software and Postman.
Where is Kong headquarters?
Kong headquarters is located at 251 Post St 2nd Floor, San Francisco, San Francisco.
Where are Kong offices?
Kong has an office in San Francisco.
How many offices does Kong have?
Kong has 2 offices.
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