Northflank

Northflank

Multi-cloud platform for apps, databases

Overview

Northflank provides a unified developer platform for building and deploying apps, databases, and jobs across multiple cloud environments. It runs workloads on Kubernetes across clouds and uses a pay-as-you-go model, with a visual, self-service experience and quick onboarding. It combines CI, caching, multi-step builds, reusable templates, and auto-scaling to manage workloads. Its goal is to simplify cloud-native development and scaling across clouds while keeping costs predictable through usage-based pricing.

Significant Headcount Growth

About Northflank

Simplify's Rating
Why Northflank is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$27.5M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $22.3M Series A from Bain Capital Ventures triples revenue in 2024.
  • Serves tens of thousands developers deploying 1M+ containers monthly.
  • New customers Sentry, Weights, Writer drive growth across six clouds.

What critics are saying

  • Railway captures startups with faster deployments in 6-12 months.
  • Render erodes database niche with seamless PostgreSQL in 12-18 months.
  • Google GKE Autopilot commoditizes Kubernetes at 20-30% lower costs.

What makes Northflank unique

  • Northflank's Bring Your Own Cloud deploys to AWS, GCP, Azure without lock-in.
  • Kubernetes abstraction enables cloud-native apps without complexity for developers.
  • GPU orchestration supports AI workloads like LLMs across multiple clouds.

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Funding

Total Funding

$27.5M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

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
Meet Average

Industry standards

$15M
$8.2M
Discord
$15M
Canva
$16M
Northflank
$30M
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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Paid Vacation

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Hybrid Work Options

Stock Options

Company Equity

PTO 31 days of paid leave annually

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

Diversity Statement

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

8%
Business Wire
Nov 13th, 2024
Northflank Raises $22M to Simplify App and Database Deployment in Your Cloud

Today Northflank, the workload platform for developers, announced $22.3 million in new financing across a $16 million Series A led by Bain Capital Ven

Pulse 2.0
Nov 11th, 2024
Northflank: Developer Workload Platform Company Secures $22.3 Million

Northflank, a developer workload platform, announced $22.3 million in new funding, including a $16 million Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) and a $6.3 million seed led by Vertex Ventures US.

FinSMEs
Nov 11th, 2024
Northflank Raises $22.3M in Funding

Northflank raises $22.3M in funding.

PR Newswire
Oct 18th, 2023
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Continues To Drive Global Cloud Native Growth As 36 New Silver Members Join

Cloud native technology continues to make an impact across industries and geographiesSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced today that 36 additional Silver members have joined the Foundation. These new organizations have invested in the cloud native ecosystem in order to connect, contribute, and collaborate with other innovative companies across the world."As we get ready to meet up with the cloud native community during our flagship North American KubeCon + CloudNativeCon event in Chicago next month, it is exciting to see the continued ecosystem growth and diversity of new members," said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. "We look forward to collaborating with these new members."About the newest Silver Members:Aembit Workload IAM provides policy-based, contextual, and secretless access between cloud-native, legacy, and SaaS workloads, wherever they run.Workload IAM provides policy-based, contextual, and secretless access between cloud-native, legacy, and SaaS workloads, wherever they run. Akamai is the cloud company that powers and protects life online, with its massively distributed edge and cloud platform that puts apps and experiences closer to users and keeps threats farther away.is the cloud company that powers and protects life online, with its massively distributed edge and cloud platform that puts apps and experiences closer to users and keeps threats farther away. Amplication is the most flexible open-source Node.Js backend development platform, that saves engineers from repetitive coding tasks and long development cycles.is the most flexible open-source Node.Js backend development platform, that saves engineers from repetitive coding tasks and long development cycles

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