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Docker Secures $40M Series C Funding

By TechTaffy Desk

Docker has raised $40 million in a series C funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Existing investors Benchmark, Greylock Partners, Insight Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and Jerry Yang also participated. Bill Coughran, who joined Sequoia after eight years as a senior vice president of engineering at Google, will represent Sequoia on the Docker board. Launched in March 2013, Docker is an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications.

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