# Giant Swarm: Information technology & services, Cologne, Germany

> Giant Swarm: Giant Swarm is a managed cloud-native developer platform based in Cologne, Germany, founded in 2014. Based in Cologne, Germany. Founded 2014.

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# Giant Swarm

Giant Swarm is a managed cloud-native developer platform based in Cologne, Germany, founded in 2014.

Funding reported Last round: Seed

Information technology & services Cologne, Germany

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Company summary

- **Founded:** 2014 12 years old
- **Team:** 51 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** 3.3M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Seed Mar 2015

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Giant Swarm has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Giant Swarm

Giant Swarm is a managed cloud-native developer platform based in Cologne, Germany, founded in 2014.

The company specializes in helping developers and platform teams build, run, and scale Kubernetes applications across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Their mission is to empower developers to create modern software while abstracting operational complexity and maintaining control, security, and flexibility. The platform offers a comprehensive, API-driven solution that includes a managed Kubernetes platform, a fully managed environment for deploying production-ready applications, and continuous operational support. Giant Swarm provides 24/7 expert assistance and integrates seamlessly with cloud services, available on AWS and Azure marketplaces. Their target customers include platform and SRE teams in large organizations looking to modernize their software development processes and enhance developer productivity. Notable clients include adidas and Vodafone, among others.

## What company datasets say Giant Swarm raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **3.3M** in the source's currency

Rounds **2**

Last round **Seed**

Last round size **1.2M**

Last round date **Mar 2015**

Investors listed **8**

## Founders and team

From Giant Swarm's own website: 3 founders, 21 on the team.

**Henning Lange** Co-Founder and CEO

**Timo Derstappen** Co-Founder and CTO

**Oliver Thylmann** Co-Founder and CCO

- **Joe Salisbury** VP Engineering
- **Joshua Olson-Kerrigan** Head of Recruitment
- **Alex Dabija** Platform Architect
- **Andreas Sommer** Platform Engineer
- **Antonia von den Driesch** Platform Engineer
- **Dominik Schmidle** Account Engineer
- **Frank Jogeleit** Platform Engineer
- **Gerald Pape** Platform Engineer
- **Jose Armesto** Platform Engineer
- **Julia Hahn** Relationship & Event Manager
- **Karolin Kostial** Platform Engineer
- **Laszlo Uveges** Platform Engineer
- **Marat Musichin** Designer
- **Matías Charrière** Platform Engineer
- **Nick Jüttner** Platform Engineer
- **Oreoluwa Adegbite** Platform Engineer
- **Robin Ketelbuters** Platform Engineer
- **Thea Hüttenberger** Legal & Operations Manager

And 3 more on the team.

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Firestartr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firestartr)

Each firm lists Giant Swarm on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

security cloud migration hybrid infrastructure transportation_logistics hybrid cloud sre team manufacturing enterprises devops container management open source cloud platform cloud monitoring cloud native information technology & services data streaming platform engineering

Built with from their website

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- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 513210, 541512, SIC 7375
- **Region:** North Rhine-Westphalia
- **Revenue:** 229k a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/giant-swarm)

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