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Engflow funding, valuation and investors
Remote build execution and caching for Bazel and large-scale software compilation.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series A
$18M · November 2022
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$22M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series a · Seattle, Washington
Investors in latest funding
Overview
EngFlow (formerly Engflow) provides remote build execution and caching for Bazel and other build systems — accelerating compilation and test cycles for large monorepos. Founded by ex-Google Bazel engineers. Raised $3.7M seed in October 2021 led by a16z and $18M Series A in November 2022 with Tiger Global and firstminute capital participating.
Why Engflow is interesting
Ex-Google Bazel engineers raised $18M Series A with Tiger Global and a16z to commercialize build acceleration for massive codebases.
Product & use cases
Remote build execution service for Bazel — distributes compilation across cloud workers with shared caching to cut build times for large codebases.
- Accelerating CI/CD for large monorepos using Bazel
- Remote build execution replacing local compilation farms
- Shared build caching across engineering teams
Key facts
- Series A (Nov 2022): $18M with Tiger Global, a16z (EngFlow press)
- Seed (Oct 2021): $3.7M led by a16z (TechCrunch)
- Founded by ex-Google Bazel engineers
Funding history (newest first)
Series A
2022-11 $18MInvestors in our directory
Funds linked from Engflow's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Edge: Founders built Bazel at Google — deep expertise in the build system they commercialize.
Build acceleration is niche but critical for companies with massive monorepos (Google, Meta scale). EngFlow competes with BuildBuddy for Bazel-native teams.
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BuildBuddy direct
Remote Bazel execution and caching.
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Google RBE incumbent
Google's remote build execution for Bazel.
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GitHub Actions adjacent
CI/CD platform; less Bazel-specific optimization.
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Gradle Enterprise adjacent
Build acceleration for Gradle/JVM ecosystems.
Notable stories
- EngFlow founders left Google to commercialize the remote build infrastructure they built for Bazel — targeting companies with Google-scale monorepos (TechCrunch, 2021).
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