Startup profile for GitHub: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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GitHub funding, valuation and investors

Developer platform for hosting, reviewing, and collaborating on code — acquired by Microsoft in 2018.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series B

$250M · July 2015

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$350M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

acquired

acquired · San Francisco, California

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Sequoia Capital

Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Thrive Capital

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

GitHub provides git-based source control, pull requests, CI integrations, and a marketplace for developer tools. It is the dominant code-hosting platform for open source and enterprise engineering teams.

Why GitHub is interesting

GitHub became the default social graph for software development; a16z's 2012 Series A was its first outside capital before Sequoia-led growth rounds and Microsoft's $7.5B acquisition.

Product & use cases

GitHub provides git-based source control, pull requests, CI integrations, Actions, and Copilot — the dominant code-hosting platform for open source and enterprise engineering.

  • Open-source code distribution and collaboration
  • Enterprise code review and CI/CD pipelines
  • Developer social graph and package registry (npm, etc.)

Key facts

  • Acquired by Microsoft (2018) for $7.5B — a16z portfolio status: Exit
  • Series B (Jul 2015): $250M led by Sequoia Capital; a16z and Thrive Capital participated (TechCrunch)
  • Series A (Jul 2012): $100M led by a16z — GitHub's first outside investment (a16z announcement)

Funding history (newest first)

Series B

2015-07 $250M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/29/github-raises-250m/

Series A

2012-07 $100M

Source: https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-github/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from GitHub's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Sequoia Capital Thrive Capital

Competitive landscape

Edge: Network effects made GitHub the default developer collaboration layer — 100M+ developers before Microsoft acquisition.

Code hosting is winner-take-most. GitHub's 2018 Microsoft acquisition ($7.5B) validated its position as critical developer infrastructure.

  • GitLab direct

    DevSecOps platform; self-hosted option GitHub lacks.

  • Bitbucket direct

    Atlassian-integrated; smaller share than GitHub.

  • Azure DevOps adjacent

    Microsoft sibling product; GitHub preferred for OSS.

Notable stories

  • a16z's 2012 Series A was GitHub's first outside capital — before Sequoia-led growth rounds (a16z announcement).
  • Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for approximately $7.5 billion.

Industries

Developer Tools Enterprise SaaS

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FAQs about GitHub

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

GitHub is a code-hosting and collaboration platform built around git for version control, review, and CI/CD.
a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led Series A. Sequoia (/fund/sequoia) led Series B with a16z and Thrive Capital (/fund/thrive-capital).
Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for ~$7.5B. Operates as standalone developer brand.
GitHub dominates OSS; GitLab offers integrated DevSecOps and self-hosting.
Series A $100M (2012, a16z-led); Series B $250M (2015, Sequoia-led).
Owned by Microsoft but operates as its own product line.
Centralized where developers publish code — network effects made it default collaboration layer.
Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, and Scott Chacon co-founded GitHub in 2008.
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