INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Datree, the early-stage startup building a DevOps policy engine on GitHub, announced an $8 million Series A today
It also announced it has joined the Y Combinator Winter 20 cohort.Blumberg and TLV Partners led the round with participation from Y
The company has now raised $11 million with the $3 million seed round announced in 2018.Since that seed round, company co-founder and CEO
Shimon Tolts says that the company learned that while scanning code for issues was something DevOps teams found useful, they wanted help
practices, coding standards and security and compliance policies
What happens today is that, as you connect to Datree, we connect to your source code and scan the entire code base, and we recommend
For its Docker security package, it teamed up with Aqua Security.The focus remains on applying these rules in GitHub where developers are
Before committing the code, they can run the appropriate rules packages against it to ensure they are in compliance with best
practices.Datree rules packages
Screenshot: DatreeTolts says they began looking at Y Combinator after the seed round because they wanted more guidance on building out the
Seibel, and he says being part of the Winter 20 cohort has helped him refine his go-to-market motion
He admits he is not a typical YC company having been around since 2017 with an existing product and 12 employees, but he thinks it will help
propel the company in the long run.
