Startup profile for Mesosphere: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (See coverage), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Mesosphere

Kubernetes and DC/OS infrastructure company (rebranded D2iQ; assets acquired by Nutanix).

Stage

See coverage

Status

acquired

Coverage

full

Why Mesosphere is interesting

Early cloud-native pioneer behind Apache Mesos and DC/OS — a16z backed multiple rounds before the 2019 rebrand to D2iQ; Nutanix acquired assets in late 2023.

Key facts

  • Series C (2016): $74M; a16z, Khosla, Lightspeed, Tribeca among investors (Startup Intros)
  • Exit (Dec 2023): Nutanix acquired D2iQ assets and IP (Axios)

Investors in our directory

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

Industries

Enterprise SaaS Generalist Technology

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Related funding articles

Venture Capital Tracker pieces that cover Mesosphere's financing or category context.

Last updated: 2026-07-24