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Fly.io funding, valuation and investors
Developer platform for running full-stack apps close to users globally.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series C
$70M · June 2023
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$95M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth
Overview
Fly.io is a developer platform that runs full-stack applications on a global network of edge servers, deploying containers close to users for low-latency delivery without traditional serverless constraints.
Why Fly.io is interesting
Fly.io competes in the deploy-anywhere developer cloud niche — edge-ish DX without full serverless lock-in.
Product & use cases
Developer platform running full-stack applications on a global edge network of servers for low-latency delivery.
- Deploying containers close to users globally
- Low-latency full-stack app hosting
- Edge compute alternative to traditional cloud regions
Key facts
- Series B (Jul 2022): $25M led by a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz); Intel Capital and Initialized (/fund/initialized-capital) among participants (Fly blog)
- Series C (Jun 2023): $70M led by EQT Ventures; a16z and Initialized returned (Bloomberg)
- Product: global edge deployment for full-stack apps via containers
Funding history (newest first)
Series C
2023-06 $70M- EQT Ventures (lead)
- Andreessen Horowitz (participant)
- Initialized Capital (participant)
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-22/fly-io-raises-70m
Series B
2022-07 $25MSource: https://fly.io/blog/series-b/
Investors in our directory
Funds linked from Fly.io's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Edge: Global edge container deployment with strong developer experience — a16z Series B and EQT-led Series C.
Edge deployment reduces latency for global apps. Fly.io offers container-based edge compute — EQT led $70M Series C (2023) after a16z's $25M Series B (2022).
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Cloudflare Workers direct
Edge compute platform; Fly.io runs full containers.
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AWS Lambda/Fargate incumbent
Serverless/regional compute; Fly.io is edge-native.
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Railway/Render adjacent
Simpler PaaS; less edge-focused.
Notable stories
- Fly.io's CEO Kurt Mackey previously founded MongoHQ (acquired by Compose/IBM) — second infrastructure company (Bloomberg, 2023).
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