Dagger

Dagger

Programmable DevOps API and scripting platform

Overview

Dagger.io provides a programmable tool for automation in software development. It offers a modern API and a cross-language scripting engine that replaces manual scripts by letting developers encapsulate project tasks and workflows into reusable functions written in their language. These functions are packaged into a custom GraphQL API that can be run from the command line, a language interpreter, or a custom HTTP client. The product targets software development teams in DevOps and CI/CD, including large enterprises, to streamline automation across the software lifecycle. Dagger uses a subscription-based business model with tiered plans that scale from basic access to advanced features and dedicated support, aiming to serve both small teams and large organizations. The goal is to speed up, simplify, and customize automation for every company’s software factory, making DevOps workflows faster, more reliable, and easier to share through a community of reusable modules.

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About Dagger

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Why Dagger is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Enterprise Software

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$30.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Dagger 0.21 in May 2026 shipped native-engine changes and cross-language interfaces.
  • Dagger Cloud pricing stays accessible at free individual and $50 team plans.
  • Daggerverse module activity and June 2026 releases show continuing community and product momentum.

What critics are saying

  • Dagger Cloud suffered repeated outages in January and February 2026, hurting reliability perception.
  • Depot deprecated Dagger Engine support on its runners, weakening a key distribution channel.
  • GitHub Actions and native CI vendors can copy Dagger’s modular workflow model by 2027.

What makes Dagger unique

  • Dagger’s native engine replacement for BuildKit unlocks remote caching and observability in 2026.
  • Dagger Functions run cross-language, letting Go, Python, TypeScript, PHP, Java share modules.
  • Dagger Cloud and Daggerverse create a reusable ecosystem for CI workflows and modules.

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Funding

Total Funding

$30.5M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Above Average

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Benefits

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

Professional development

Remote & asynchronous work

PTO

Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

6%

1 year growth

-5%

2 year growth

6%
InfoQ
Mar 27th, 2024
Dagger Enables Developer Functions for CI/CD and Opens the Daggerverse

Shortly after the release of Dagger Functions, Dagger also announced the Daggerverse - a searchable index of publically-available functions intended to allow developers to discover great modules provided by the community.

FinSMEs
Mar 31st, 2022
Dagger Raises $20M In Series A Funding

Dagger, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a devops platform that orchestrates the delivery of applications to the cloud, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, Nat Friedman, Brian Stevens, Idit Levine, Julius Volz, Ellen Pao, and Daniel Lopez. Erica Brescia of Redpoint will join the Dagger board. The company intends to [] The post Dagger Raises $20M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

PR Newswire
Mar 30th, 2022
Dagger Launches Devops Operating System With $20M Series A Led By Redpoint Ventures

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dagger, the devops platform that orchestrates the delivery of applications to the cloud, today announced the public beta of its product in addition to the closing of a $20 million Series A funding round. Redpoint Ventures led the round with...

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