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Series D
Feb 2021 · Tiger Global Management
$100M Open Positions 93 jobs at Kong
Mar 2019 · Index Ventures
$43M
Seed
Sep 2011 · New Enterprise Associates
$1.5M Kong Secures $175 Million New Financing at $2B Valuation to Power the API World Kong Inc. · Nov 2024
Major Series E financing: $175M at a $2B valuation, led by Tiger Global and co-led by Balderton, with participation from multiple existing and new investors.
Kong Inc. Releases Even Faster Cloud Native API Management Platform Kong Inc. · Feb 2022
Significant product milestone: Kong Enterprise 2.7 launched with 25% higher throughput, lower latency, and expanded security/workflow features.
Kong Raises $100 Million to Accelerate Cloud Connectivity Kong Inc. · Feb 2021
Major Series D financing: $100M led by Tiger Global, valuing Kong at $1.4B and funding product and go-to-market expansion.
Kong Inc. Acquires Insomnia; Expands Service Control Platform to Unify Design, Testing and Management Across REST APIs, gRPC, GraphQL and Kafka Kong Inc. · Oct 2019
Important acquisition: Kong acquired Insomnia and launched Kong Studio, while also introducing Kong Enterprise 2020 and Kong Gateway 2.0.
Kong Raises $43 Million to Connect the Next Era of Software Kong Inc. · Mar 2019
Major Series C financing: $43M led by Index Ventures, supporting service control platform development and international expansion.