Tetrate
Integration & API Management · Virtualization & Containers
$52.5Mtotal raised · 7 rounds on record
$40Mlatest round · Venture round · Mar 2021 · 5 yr ago
$3.4Mgrants · 5 grants · CORDIS
40stories in the press
Overview
Tetrate was founded by contributors to Istio and Envoy to sell an enterprise service mesh and application networking platform. Its products give large organisations consistent traffic management, zero-trust security and observability across clusters and clouds. It also maintains hardened distributions of the upstream open-source projects.
Key facts
These are the key facts about Tetrate on Alion as of Nov 13, 2026. Tetrate is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It was founded in 2018. It has raised $52.5M in 2 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $40M, announced in 2021.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Sep 18, 2026
- Founded
- 2018Alion company profile, updated Sep 18, 2026
- Total raised
- $52.5MSum of 2 equity rounds Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $40M · Mar 10, 2021Press report · techcrunch.com
Funding and backers
Total raised
$52.5M
7 rounds on record
Latest round
$40M
Venture round · Mar 2021 · 5 yr ago
Grants
$3.4M
5 grants · CORDIS
The money's age
Long since its last round
68 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
2 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 25, 2025
Launched Tetrate Launches Tech Preview of · PRNewswire
Aug 1, 2024
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Jun 3, 2024
Won a grant $1.9M · CORDIS
May 13, 2024
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
Dec 15, 2023
Won a grant $110k · CORDIS
Aug 8, 2021
On the Hacker News front page Why WebAssembly is innovative even outside the browser · 102 points
Mar 10, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $40M · TechCrunch
Mar 9, 2020
Won a grant $50k · CORDIS
Mar 13, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $12.5M · Venturebeat
2018
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.4%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
7
best: 102 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Aug 2024 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jun 2024 | $1.9M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2024 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Dec 2023 | $110k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Mar 2021 | $40M | — | TechCrunch |
| Grant | Mar 2020 | $50k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Mar 2019 | $12.5M | — | Venturebeat |
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Financials
Total raised
$55.9M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
7
News
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
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