HashiCorp Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

HashiCorp was acquired by IBM for $6.4B in April 2024, a 13.4x multiple on $476M of revenue.

HashiCorp acquisition price

$6.4B

Acquired by IBM · Apr 2024

HashiCorp revenue at acquisition

$476M

Last twelve months · Apr 2024

HashiCorp revenue multiple at acquisition

13.4x

EV/Revenue · Apr 2024

Cumulative funding HashiCorp raised

$349M

across 5 funding rounds

HashiCorp Overview

About HashiCorp

HashiCorp is a San Francisco-headquartered provider of infrastructure automation software. Founded in 2012, the company develops open-source tools including Terraform for provisioning, Vault for secrets management, Consul for service networking, and Nomad for orchestration. Its Boundary product secures remote access, while commercial offerings support multi-cloud environments for enterprises like IBM and Citigroup.


Founded

2012

HQ

United StatesSan Francisco, CA

Status

Acquired

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Subscription, Licensing

Revenue

$121M (Mar 2020)

Valuation

$5.1B (Mar 2020)

HashiCorp Acquisition

HashiCorp was acquired by IBM for $6.4B on 24 April 2024.

The acquisition price implies a 13.4x revenue multiple on $476M of revenue.

Before the acquisition HashiCorp had raised $349M across 5 funding rounds.

HashiCorp acquisition details
AcquirerDateTypePriceEV/Revenue
24 Apr 2024Strategic M&A$6.4B13.4x

HashiCorp Valuation

HashiCorp is currently valued at $5.1B, based on its Series E in March 2020.

The $175M round was led by Putnam Premier IT, with participation from Redpoint, ICONIQ Capital, IVP, Geodesic Capital, T. Rowe Price and 3 other investors.

HashiCorp's valuation has grown 58x from $88M at its Series B in September 2016 to $5.1B in March 2020, across 3 priced rounds.

HashiCorp valuation by funding round

Revenue multiple
HashiCorp valuation by funding round
DateStageValuationRevenue Multiple
Mar 2020Series E$5.1B42.1x
Nov 2018Series D$1.9B-
Sep 2016Series B$88M88.0x

HashiCorp Revenue

HashiCorp's latest recorded revenue is $121M, as of its Series E in March 2020. At a $5.1B valuation, that implies a 42.1x revenue multiple.

Revenue grew from $1M in September 2016 to $121M in March 2020, while the revenue multiple moved from 88.0x to 42.1x.

HashiCorp revenue by funding round

HashiCorp revenue and valuation multiple by funding round
DateRevenue *ValuationRevenue MultipleStage
Mar 2020$121M$5.1B42.1xSeries E
Sep 2016$1M$88M88.0xSeries B

* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.

HashiCorp Funding History

HashiCorp has raised a total of $349M across 5 funding rounds.

HashiCorp's first fundraising round was a $10M Series A in December 2014. The most recent completed round was a $175M Series E in March 2020.

HashiCorp funding rounds

HashiCorp funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Mar 2020Series EPutnam Premier IT (lead); Redpoint; ICONIQ Capital; IVP; Geodesic Capital; T. Rowe Price; True Ventures; Mayfield Fund; Notable Capital$175M$5.1BHashiCorp is a leading provider of multi-cloud infrastructure automation software, with flagship products Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, Vault for secrets management, and Consul for service networking. The company reported fiscal year 2020 revenue of $121.26 million ending January 31, 2020, prior to the specified March 2020 funding round led by Putnam Premier IT with investors including Geodesic Capital, ICONIQ Growth, IVP, Mayfield Fund, Notable Capital, Redpoint, T. Rowe Price, and True Ventures. Subsequent financials show strong growth, with FY2021 revenue reaching $211.85 million (up 74.71%) and FY2022 at $320.77 million (up 51.41%), driven by subscription revenue which comprised 98% of total by mid-2021. Traction metrics around the period included rapid customer expansion, with customers generating $100,000+ in ARR representing 71% of FY2020 revenue, rising to 83% in FY2021 and 88% in FY2022. HashiCorp's self-managed offerings featured 1-3 year terms with upfront annual billing, while HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) emerged as a high-growth area, reaching quarterly subscription revenue of $6.9 million by Q4 FY2022. By IPO filing, implied ARR hit $294.9 million (up 50% YoY) with LTM revenue at $259.1 million, highlighting efficient scaling from prior funding. HashiCorp targeted the infrastructure-as-code market, emphasizing vendor-controlled open source to drive enterprise adoption.
Nov 2018Series DIVP (lead); Redpoint; Bessemer Venture Partners; TCV; True Ventures; Mango Capital; Mayfield Fund; Notable Capital$100M$1.9B-
Oct 2017Series CNotable Capital (lead); Redpoint (lead); True Ventures; Mayfield Fund$40M-HashiCorp, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar, develops open-source software platforms for managing cloud infrastructure, including tools like Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, Vault for security, Consul for service mesh, and Nomad for cluster scheduling. The company targets enterprises adopting multi-cloud environments, helping reduce friction in cloud migrations with both free open-source and premium commercial versions. By 2017, it had secured customers such as Adobe, Barclays, Comcast, New Relic, SAP Ariba, Segment, and Spaceflight. On October 24-25, 2017, HashiCorp raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by GGV Capital and Redpoint Ventures, with participation from existing investors Mayfield Fund and True Ventures. This brought total funding to $74 million. CEO Dave McJannet noted the raise was optional, driven by accelerating enterprise growth and open-source adoption, to bolster sales, support, R&D, and expansion into Europe and Asia. The company emphasized momentum in large-enterprise contracts over the prior 18 months. HashiCorp competes with Puppet, Chef, Red Hat, VMware, and DevOps tools from Docker and Rancher.
Sep 2016Series BNotable Capital (lead); Redpoint; True Ventures; Mayfield Fund$24M$88MHashiCorp, co-founded by Mitchell Hashimoto, develops open-source tools and enterprise software for DevOps infrastructure, including Vagrant, Packer, Terraform, Serf, and Nomad, helping developers, operators, and security teams provision, secure, and manage distributed applications and cloud infrastructure. The company raised $24 million in a Series B round announced around September 7, 2016, led by GGV Capital, with participation from Mayfield Fund, True Ventures, and new investor Redpoint Ventures, bringing total funding to $34 million. HashiCorp planned to use the proceeds to expand its seven tentpole open-source projects and corresponding enterprise applications addressing workflow challenges in application delivery, focusing on development, operations, and security. After nine months of enterprise sales, the company achieved its first seven-figure revenue quarter, equivalent to at least $1 million in quarterly revenue, with paying customers including Conde Nast, Cisco, and Mozilla. Its open-source tools were adopted by professionals at Stripe, Uber, Twitch, OpenAI, Pinterest, and Capital One, showing strong traction in financials, media, retail, and large-scale internet companies. HashiCorp began commercializing its software in 2016, marking the shift from open-source development started in 2013 to enterprise offerings. The company continued growing, eventually raising over $350 million total across multiple rounds before its 2021 IPO.
Dec 2014Series AMayfield Fund (lead); Haystack; True Ventures; Notable Capital$10M-HashiCorp, founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar, develops software to revolutionize datacenter management, application development, delivery, and maintenance for modern hybrid infrastructures. The company provides open-source tools that help developers and sysadmins manage evolving datacenters. In December 2014, HashiCorp raised $10 million in Series A growth funding led by Mayfield Fund, with participation from GGV Capital and True Ventures. The funding supports building out HashiCorp's enterprise offering, scaling the team, and continuing support for its millions of existing open-source users. On the same day, HashiCorp launched Atlas to power DevOps application delivery across public, private, and hybrid infrastructures. Mayfield's Robin Vasan highlighted the team's vision, momentum in open-source projects, and opportunity in hybrid datacenter automation.

Who has invested in HashiCorp?

13 investors have backed HashiCorp across its funding rounds, including True Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Notable Capital, Redpoint, IVP and Bessemer Venture Partners.

Lead investors include Putnam Premier IT, IVP, Notable Capital, Redpoint and Mayfield Fund.


HashiCorp Investors

Investors in HashiCorp by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
True VenturesUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA5ParticipantDec 2014
Mayfield FundUnited StatesUnited States5LeadDec 2014
Notable CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA5LeadDec 2014
RedpointUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA4LeadSep 2016
IVPUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA2LeadNov 2018
ICONIQ CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantMar 2020
Putnam Premier ITUnited StatesUnited States1LeadMar 2020
HaystackUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantDec 2014
Geodesic CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantMar 2020
T. Rowe PriceUnited StatesBaltimore, MD1ParticipantMar 2020
Bessemer Venture PartnersUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantNov 2018

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Acquisitions by HashiCorp

HashiCorp has acquired 2 companies to date.

Last acquisition by HashiCorp was on June 27th 2023. HashiCorp acquired BluBracket for $25M.


Latest Acquisitions by HashiCorp

BluBracket
Vektra
Description
BluBracket is an Austin-based code security platform that scans source code repositories for vulnerabilities, secrets, and compliance risks across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. The tool performs static analysis, detects exposed API keys, and enforces policies in CI/CD pipelines. Founded in 2019 by former Symantec executives, BluBracket serves enterprises like Salesforce and Cisco, integrating with tools such as Jenkins and AWS CodeCommit. The platform supports over 30 languages and provides audit trails for SOC 2 compliance.
Vektra is a software company developing tools for next-generation infrastructure including the Tachyon configuration manager, distributed messaging systems, and Current.SH multi-tenant logging platform. Based in the United States, Vektra supports DevOps teams with scalable solutions for cloud-native applications.
HQ CountryUnited StatesUnited States
HQ City
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Deal Date27 Jun 202314 Jun 2016
Valuation$25Mundisclosed
EV/Revenue
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HashiCorp Competitors

HashiCorp competitors include listed companies like MongoDB, Cloudflare, GDS Holdings and Nextdc, and private ones like Harness and Grafana Labs.

Public and private companies comparable to HashiCorp
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
HarnessUnited StatesSan Francisco, CAPrivate$250M-$5.5B22.0x
MongoDBUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$2.5B($104M)$32B10.4x
CloudflareUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$2.2B($25M)$119B44.3x
GDS HoldingsChinaChinaPublicly listed$1.7B$882M$6.2B6.3x
Grafana LabsUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate$400M-$6B15.0x
NextdcAustraliaAustraliaPublicly listed$353M$138M$6B19.2x

HashiCorp Public Comps

HashiCorp is no longer listed, but its public comps include GDS Holdings, Nextdc, Wangsu, United Internet, Computacenter, IONOS Group, Applied Digital, Oracle Corp Japan, Box and GitLab.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
GDS Holdings$1.7B$882M6.8x6.3x13.1x13.6x
Nextdc$353M$138M21.9x19.2x56.0x38.3x
Wangsu$695M$138M6.4x6.0x32.6x30.5x
United Internet$7B$1.5B1.4x1.4x6.8x6.4x
Computacenter$12B$440M0.6x0.4x16.5x12.0x
IONOS Group$1.5B$522M4.1x3.9x11.8x10.5x
Applied Digital$611M($85M)21.3x20.1x(154.0x)78.1x
Oracle Corp Japan$1.8B$589M3.9x3.9x12.1x12.2x

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Common questions about HashiCorp

When was HashiCorp founded?HashiCorp was founded in 2012.
Where is HashiCorp headquartered?HashiCorp is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States.
Is HashiCorp publicly listed?No, HashiCorp was acquired by IBM in April 2024.
Who acquired HashiCorp?HashiCorp was acquired by IBM in April 2024.
How much was HashiCorp acquired for?HashiCorp was acquired for $6.4B in April 2024, a 13.4x revenue multiple.
What is HashiCorp's valuation?HashiCorp was last valued at $5.1B in its Series E in March 2020.
How much funding has HashiCorp raised?HashiCorp has raised $349M across 5 funding rounds.
What was HashiCorp's last funding round?HashiCorp's last funding round was a $175M Series E in March 2020, led by Putnam Premier IT.
Who are HashiCorp's investors?HashiCorp's investors include True Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Notable Capital, Redpoint, IVP, ICONIQ Capital, Putnam Premier IT, Haystack, Geodesic Capital, T. Rowe Price and 3 others.
What is HashiCorp's revenue?HashiCorp's latest recorded revenue is $121M (March 2020).
What is HashiCorp's revenue multiple?HashiCorp's latest valuation implies a 42.1x revenue multiple ($5.1B valuation on $121M of revenue).
Which companies are comparable to HashiCorp?Companies comparable to HashiCorp include Harness, MongoDB, Cloudflare, GDS Holdings, Grafana Labs and Nextdc.
How many companies has HashiCorp acquired?HashiCorp has acquired 2 companies, including BluBracket and Vektra.
What was the largest acquisition by HashiCorp?The $25M acquisition of BluBracket in June 2023 is the largest acquisition HashiCorp has made to date.

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