Israeli startup Komodor used this pitch deck to raise $21m in Accel-led round

ABOUT

Komodor is a Kubernetes-native platform that offers contextual insights to help developers detect the root causes of issues and rapidly solve them.

The Israel-based company provides a unified view of all events across the entire Kubernetes stack, providing developers, operations, and on-call teams with the context and other actionable insights they need to solve issues efficiently and independently.

It was founded by Ben Ofiri and Itiel Shwartz. Ofiri had previously worked as the product lead for Google’s Duplex, the tech giant’s flagship conversational AI project, while Shwartz has been a software developer for eBay, Forter, and Rookout.

The company used this pitch deck to raise US$21 million in its series A round of funding.

Fundraising journey

• 2020: US$4 million in seed funding from NFX Capital, Pitango, and OldSlip Group
• 2021: US$21 million in series A funding led by Accel, joined by industry veterans such as Jason Warner, CTO of GitHub; Sri Viswanath, CTO of Atlassian; Danny Grander, co-founder of Snyk; and Tomer Levy, CEO of Logz.io

How is the deck compelling?

• The pitch deck has a nice flow as it introduces the presentation with the problems that commonly exist when troubleshooting systems.
• Komodor explains how its service can track changes across tools and teams and troubleshoot problems efficiently.
• The deck presents key information about the company including early traction, customer feedback, target companies, audience, and current investors, among others.
• The pitch deck concludes by demonstrating Komodor’s troubleshooting process.

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