# Makara: Information technology & services, Redwood City, United States

> Makara: Makara was founded by application management veterans that recognize the hole that exists in deployment and management of business-critical web...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/makara (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Makara

Makara was founded by application management veterans that recognize the hole that exists in deployment and management of business-critical web applications in public, private, int

Funding reported Last round: Seed

Information technology & services Redwood City, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2008 18 years old
- **Team:** 3 1 to 10 people
- **Funding reported:** $6.4M in dollars
- **Last round:** Seed Apr 2021

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 Makara 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 Makara

Makara was founded by application management veterans that recognize the hole that exists in deployment and management of business-critical web applications in public, private, int

ernal, and trusted clouds. Makara 's goal is to provide a cost-effective, portable, high performance virtual "application capsule" to run business critical web applications with self-service deployment and management built in.

## What company datasets say Makara raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$6.4M** in dollars

Rounds **3**

Last round **Seed**

Last round size **$2.0M**

Last round date **Apr 2021**

Investors listed **3**

## Founders and team

From Makara's own website: 12 on the team.

- **Sarah Levy** Chief Executive Officer
- **Mike Reust** President
- **Johanna Richardson** Chief Product Officer
- **John Mileham** Chief Technology Officer
- **Kim Rosenblum** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Kumud Sharma** Chief People Officer
- **Peter Lorimer** Chief Financial Officer
- **Boris Khentov** Head of Applied AI
- **Jon Mauney** VP, Data
- **Liane Pierce** VP, Data
- **Sandy Lavipour** VP, Strategy & Communications
- **Seth Rosenbloom** General Counsel

## On 2 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Community Access Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/community-access-fund)
- [Future Perfect Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-perfect-ventures)

Each firm lists Makara 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

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- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Region:** California
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/makara)

## How it ended, so far

Exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired Red Hat undisclosed Nov 2010

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