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XebiaLabs raises $100 million

By TechTaffy Desk

Enterprise DevOps and continuous delivery software  company XebiaLabs has raised $100 million in a Series B round. Investors in the company’s funding round include Susquehanna Growth Equity and Accel.

As part of the investment, Martin Angert, director at Susquehanna Growth Equity, and Arun Mathew, partner at Accel, will join XebiaLabs’ board.

In other news,  XebiaLabs has appointed Robert Stroud as new chief product officer.

In 2017, XebiaLabs added AIG, Bank of America, Toyota, Allianz, Davita Healthcare, TD Bank, Scotiabank, Raiffeisenbank, Anthem, and NASA as clients said the company in a statement.

[Image courtesy: XebiaLabs]

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