Docker
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CAFounded
2010CEO / Founder
Mark CavageEmployees
201-500Funding
Series C — $433MProducts
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8.4/10Website
docker.com
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About Docker
Docker is a developer tools company founded in 2010 (originally as dotCloud) by Solomon Hykes and others. The company is behind Docker, the container technology that revolutionized application packaging and distribution, along with Docker Desktop and Docker Hub.
After selling its enterprise business to Mirantis in 2019, Docker refocused on developer tools. Docker Desktop and Docker Hub serve millions of developers worldwide, and the company has expanded into AI developer tools with offerings like Docker Model Runner.
Docker has raised approximately $433 million across its history, including a $105 million Series C in 2022 led by Bain Capital Ventures at a reported $2.1 billion valuation. Mark Cavage serves as CEO.
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Competitive Landscape
Who Docker competes with, and how they differ.
Red Hat's Podman and Podman Desktop are the leading open-source alternatives to Docker's tooling — daemonless, rootless-by-default container engines shipped with RHEL at no per-seat cost, aimed squarely at teams avoiding Docker Desktop licensing.
SUSE's Rancher Desktop is a free, open-source Docker Desktop substitute that pairs containerd and Moby runtimes with built-in Kubernetes, and is a common evaluation path for enterprises weighing Docker Business fees.
GitHub Container Registry and GitHub Actions compete with Docker Hub and Docker Build Cloud for image hosting and container builds, bundled into repository plans developers already pay for.
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GitLab bundles a container registry and CI/CD pipelines into its DevSecOps platform, letting teams build, store and ship images without separate Docker Hub or Build Cloud subscriptions.
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Key milestones in Docker's history, with sources.
- Launch
Launches Docker Model Runner in beta
Docker Model Runner shipped in Docker Desktop 4.40, letting developers run local LLMs via llama.cpp behind an OpenAI-compatible API and distribute models as OCI artifacts through Docker Hub.
docker.com - Funding
Series C — $105M led by Bain Capital Ventures at $2.1B valuation
The round brought Docker's post-restructuring total funding to $163 million; the company reported ARR growth of more than 4x year-over-year and over 56,000 commercial customers.
docker.com - Milestone
Docker Desktop becomes paid for large businesses
Docker introduced the Docker Business subscription and began requiring companies with 250 or more employees or over $10 million in revenue to pay for Docker Desktop; Docker Engine and the open-source components stayed free.
theregister.com - Funding
Series B — $23M led by Tribe Capital
Docker's first raise after the 2019 restructuring funded its developer-focused rebuild around Docker Desktop and Docker Hub.
en.wikipedia.org - Acquisition
Mirantis acquires Docker Enterprise
Docker sold its Enterprise platform business — including about 300 employees and roughly 700 enterprise customers — to Mirantis, and refocused on developer tooling with a $35 million recapitalization led by Benchmark.
techcrunch.com - Milestone
Adds native Kubernetes support at DockerCon Europe
Docker announced native Kubernetes support alongside its own Swarm orchestrator at DockerCon Europe in Copenhagen, acknowledging the industry's consolidation around Kubernetes.
techcrunch.com - Funding
Series D — $95M led by Insight Venture Partners
The round brought total capital raised to about $150 million at a reported post-money valuation of approximately $1 billion, making Docker a unicorn.
fortune.com - Funding
Series C — $40M led by Sequoia Capital
Docker raised a $40 million Series C led by Sequoia Capital in September 2014, valuing the company at roughly $400 million.
fortune.com - Funding
Series B — $15M led by Greylock Partners
Docker raised a $15 million Series B led by Greylock Partners in January 2014, with participation from Benchmark and Trinity Ventures, to commercialize its container platform.
en.wikipedia.org - Milestone
dotCloud renamed Docker, Inc.
The company renamed itself from dotCloud, Inc. to Docker, Inc. on October 29, 2013, formalizing its pivot from PaaS to the Docker container platform.
en.wikipedia.org - Launch
Docker open-sourced at PyCon 2013
Docker, the container tooling built from dotCloud's internal platform, debuted at PyCon in Santa Clara and was released as open source in March 2013.
en.wikipedia.org - Founded
Founded in Paris as dotCloud
Solomon Hykes, Kamel Founadi and Sebastien Pahl founded dotCloud, a platform-as-a-service startup, in Paris in 2008; it incorporated in the United States in 2010.
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