Weaveworks raises $15m series-B from GV and Accel

The round brings the startup's total funding to $20m to date. With the fresh capital, the business aims to increase investment in developer experience and commercial cloud services. It also plans to hire in San Francisco, London and Berlin.

In February 2016, Accel participated in the $40m series-C for London-based cloud marketing platform Qubit, which was led by Goldman Sachs' private equity arm.

GV's last acitivity in the UK saw the VC leading the $21m series-B for Cambridge Epigenetix, which develops epigenetic sequencing technology.

Previous funding
In December 2014, Accel invested in Weaveworks' $5m series-A.

Company
Founded in 2014 and based in London and San Francisco, Weaveworks creates software tools for managing, monitoring and securing containers. The business claims it provides a way to connect and manage all the moving parts of container logistics.

People
Weaveworks – Alexis Richardson (CEO)

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