Sonar Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Sonar is valued at $4.7B as of April 2022, a 26.9x revenue multiple. Sonar revenue was $175M, as disclosed with its latest round.

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Last Sonar valuation

$4.7B

Series B · Apr 2022

Last Sonar funding round

$412M

Series B · Apr 2022

Sonar revenue

$175M

Series B · Apr 2022

Key investors in Sonar

  • Insight Partners
  • General Catalyst
  • Advent International
  • Permira

Sonar Overview

About Sonar

SonarSource is a Geneva-headquartered provider of code quality and security analysis tools. Its SonarQube platform scans applications in over 30 programming languages including Java, JavaScript, C++, and Python, integrating with CI/CD pipelines like Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Adopted by more than 400,000 organizations and Fortune 500 firms such as Cisco, Deutsche Bank, and Samsung, the open-source Community Edition and commercial Enterprise Edition detect 5,000+ coding rules to minimize vulnerabilities and technical debt.


Founded

2008

HQ

SwitzerlandGeneva

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Subscription

Revenue

$175M (Apr 2022)

Valuation

$4.7B (Apr 2022)

Sonar Valuation

Sonar is currently valued at $4.7B, based on its Series B in April 2022. Read the announcement ↗

The $412M round was led by Advent International and General Catalyst, with participation from Permira and Insight Partners.

Sonar valuation by funding round

Sonar valuation by funding round
DateStageValuationRevenue Multiple
Apr 2022Series B$4.7B26.9x

Sonar Revenue

Sonar's latest recorded revenue is $175M, as of its Series B in April 2022. At a $4.7B valuation, that implies a 26.9x revenue multiple.

Sonar revenue by funding round

Sonar revenue and valuation multiple by funding round
DateRevenue *ValuationRevenue MultipleStage
Apr 2022$175M$4.7B26.9xSeries 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.

Sonar Funding History

Sonar has raised a total of $457M across 2 funding rounds.

Sonar's first fundraising round was a $45M undisclosed-stage round in November 2016. The most recent completed round was a $412M Series B in April 2022.

Sonar funding rounds

Sonar funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Apr 2022Series BAdvent International (lead); General Catalyst (lead); Permira; Insight Partners$412M$4.7BSonarSource, the company behind the Sonar platform for clean code solutions including SonarQube, SonarCloud, and SonarLint, supports code quality and security analysis across 29 programming languages for over five million developers at more than 300,000 organizations, with 20,000 paying enterprise customers including 80 Fortune 100 companies like IBM, Microsoft, and NASA. On April 26, 2022, it raised $412 million in an unattributed VC/growth equity round led by Advent International and General Catalyst, with participation from Insight Partners and Permira’s Growth Opportunities Fund, at a $4.7 billion valuation, bringing total funding to $457 million. The proceeds were earmarked to double the sales force, expand marketing across offices in Switzerland, France, Germany, Texas, and open a new APAC headquarters in Singapore to target the 70 million global developer market and drive toward $1 billion in revenue. At the time of the round, SonarSource reported an annual recurring revenue run rate of $175 million, growing at 50% annually and projected to reach $240 million that year, with gross margins above 90% and commercial customer base expanded over 2,000% in the prior four years. The investment fueled rapid post-round growth, adding 5,000 paying customers in 11 months to reach 21,000 enterprise customers, covering over 75% of Fortune 100 and nearly half of Fortune 500, while analyzing over half a trillion lines of code. Sonar operates in the static code analysis market, projected to grow from $643 million in 2022 to $1.74 billion by 2026, competing with tools like r2c, DeepSource, and ShiftLeft focused on security and performance. About three-quarters of its technology remains open-source, enhancing developer adoption, while proprietary enterprise features drive governance and scalability. The round positioned Sonar for global expansion, growing headcount from 290 to over 400 employees and strengthening leadership with new CMO and General Counsel hires.
Nov 2016Undisclosed stageInsight Partners (lead)$45M-Insight Venture Partners invested $45 million in SonarSource in November 2016, a minority investment announced on 29 November 2016. It was the company's first outside capital after years of being self-funded. Richard Wells, a managing director at Insight, and Matt Gatto, a vice president, joined the board as part of the deal. SonarSource said it would use the capital to accelerate growth and build a larger global organization, and CEO Olivier Gaudin said the collaboration would give the company access to Insight's expertise and support. Financial terms beyond the amount invested were not disclosed. SonarSource was founded in 2008 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It develops products for continuous code quality, including open-source tools that help developers manage the maintainability, reliability and security of their applications, and enterprise editions sold to hundreds of customers.

Who has invested in Sonar?

4 investors have backed Sonar across its funding rounds, including Insight Partners, General Catalyst, Advent International and Permira.

Lead investors include Advent International, General Catalyst and Insight Partners.


Sonar Investors

Investors in Sonar by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
Insight PartnersUnited StatesNew York City, NY2LeadNov 2016
General CatalystUnited StatesCambridge, MA1LeadApr 2022

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Acquisitions by Sonar

Sonar has acquired 3 companies to date.

Last acquisition by Sonar was on February 19th 2025. Sonar acquired AutoCodeRover for undisclosed valuation.


Latest Acquisitions by Sonar

AutoCodeRover
Tidelift
RIPS Technologies
Description
AutoCodeRover is an open-source AI agent for software engineering tasks built on large language models. The tool automates code editing, bug fixes, and feature additions across repositories, achieving top performance on SWE-bench benchmarks for real-world GitHub issues. Developed by researchers from McGill University and Mila, it uses multi-agent planning and tool integration for repository-wide changes.
Boston-headquartered Tidelift is a supply chain management platform for open source software, offering subscriptions that include security updates, license compliance, and vulnerability patching for components like React and PostgreSQL. The service partners directly with maintainers of over 1,500 projects, serving enterprises such as Salesforce and IBM.
RIPS Technologies is a German cybersecurity firm based in Karlsruhe that develops static code analyzers for PHP, Java, and JavaScript. The company's scanner detects complex vulnerabilities like SQL injection and XSS in enterprise applications, serving development teams at banks and tech firms across Europe.
HQ CountrySingaporeUnited StatesGermany
HQ City
Singapore
Boston, MA
Bochum
Deal Date19 Feb 202517 Dec 202414 May 2020
Valuationundisclosedundisclosedundisclosed
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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Sonar Competitors

Sonar competitors include listed companies like Elastic and PagerDuty, and private ones like Grafana Labs, Kaseya, Tricentis and Harness.

Public and private companies comparable to Sonar
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
Grafana LabsUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate$400M-$9B22.5x
ElasticNetherlandsNetherlandsPublicly listed$1.7B$35M$10B5.0x
KaseyaUnited StatesMiami, FLPrivate--$1.8B-
PagerDutyUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$493M$17M$1.3B2.6x
TricentisUnited StatesAustin, TXPrivate$425M$86M$4.5B10.6x
HarnessUnited StatesSan Francisco, CAPrivate$250M-$5.5B22.0x

Sonar Public Comps

Sonar is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Freshworks, Open Text, Dameng Database, CommVault Systems, Beijing Ultrapower, ESDS Software, PagerDuty, Datagroup, Beijing ZZNode and Wiscom System.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Freshworks$839M$41M3.8x3.4x78.4x13.2x
Open Text$5.2B$1.8B2.2x2.2x6.5x6.3x
Dameng Database$196M$84M12.1x9.6x28.2x21.1x
CommVault Systems$1.2B$84M5.7x5.4x80.3x24.9x
Beijing Ultrapower$875M$166M2.1x1.9x11.3x10.8x
ESDS Software$50M$25M26.2x9.5x52.5x38.9x
PagerDuty$493M$17M2.6x2.6x76.2x9.0x
Datagroup$633M$93M1.5x1.5x10.0x9.5x

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Common questions about Sonar

When was Sonar founded?Sonar was founded in 2008.
Where is Sonar headquartered?Sonar is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Is Sonar publicly listed?No, Sonar is a private, VC-backed company.
What is Sonar's valuation?Sonar was last valued at $4.7B in its Series B in April 2022.
How much funding has Sonar raised?Sonar has raised $457M across 2 funding rounds.
What was Sonar's last funding round?Sonar's last funding round was a $412M Series B in April 2022, led by Advent International and General Catalyst.
Who are Sonar's investors?Sonar's investors include Insight Partners, General Catalyst, Permira and Advent International.
What is Sonar's revenue?Sonar's latest recorded revenue is $175M (April 2022).
What is Sonar's revenue multiple?Sonar's latest valuation implies a 26.9x revenue multiple ($4.7B valuation on $175M of revenue).
Which companies are comparable to Sonar?Companies comparable to Sonar include Grafana Labs, Elastic, Kaseya, PagerDuty, Tricentis and Harness.
How many companies has Sonar acquired?Sonar has acquired 3 companies, including AutoCodeRover, Tidelift and RIPS Technologies.

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