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ZEDEDA is a technology company.
ZEDEDA provides a cloud-native orchestration solution for the distributed edge, enabling enterprises to deploy, secure, and manage edge applications at scale. Its platform offers virtualization and security for IoT and operational technology environments, allowing for the autonomous operation and real-time decision-making required for modern edge deployments. The company focuses on making edge computing seamless and inherently secure, extending cloud principles to diverse, remote operational footprints.
The company was founded by Said Ouissal, Erik Nordmark, Vijay Sarvepalli, and Roman Shaposhnik. They established ZEDEDA with the insight that the burgeoning edge computing landscape required a robust, secure, and easily manageable infrastructure akin to established cloud paradigms. Ouissal, as CEO, led the team to address the complexities of managing decentralized IT, drawing on their collective experience in networking, security, and application management.
ZEDEDA's platform serves distributed enterprises that require secure and efficient management of their edge infrastructure across various industries. The company envisions a future where enterprises can fully leverage the power of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics at the edge, fostering innovation and operational efficiency without compromising security or control. Its long-term vision is to establish open, secure edge orchestration as a foundational element for industrial and enterprise digitalization.
ZEDEDA has raised $130.1M across 5 funding rounds.
ZEDEDA has raised $130.1M in total across 5 funding rounds.
ZEDEDA has raised $130.1M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $72.0M Series C in February 2024.
ZEDEDA is a technology company that builds a SaaS-based edge orchestration platform for managing distributed edge computing infrastructure and applications at scale.[1][4][7] Its core product simplifies deployment, visibility, security, and control of edge solutions, enabling any app on any hardware while connecting to clouds or on-premises systems, primarily serving industries like manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, retail, transportation, agriculture, solar, and automotive.[1][2][3][6] The platform solves key edge challenges such as limited connectivity, security risks, remote management, and scaling AI/ML workloads, with strong growth evidenced by major deployments (e.g., PV Hardware across 300+ solar farms, a global automotive firm in 70,000 service centers), progressive funding ($16M Series A in 2018, $12.5M expansion in 2020, $26M Series B in 2021, $72M growth round in 2023), and awards like Gartner Cool Vendor and GigaOm Leader.[6][8]
ZEDEDA was founded in 2016 in San Jose, California, by CEO Said Ouissal and a team addressing the exploding needs of edge computing amid IoT data growth from "smart objects."[1][2][6][8] Emerging from stealth in 2018 after developing its open-source EVE-OS (Edge Virtualization Engine)—a lightweight hypervisor for edge devices—the company quickly gained traction with a $16M Series A, first production customers in 2019, and commercial SaaS launch.[8] Pivotal moments included open-sourcing EVE-OS, Gartner recognition as a Cool Vendor, integrations like Microsoft Azure IoT Edge, and explosive 1,250% revenue growth by 2022, alongside office expansions in Bangalore (2017) and Berlin (2021).[8] Early focus on industrial IoT evolved into full-stack edge Kubernetes and AI orchestration, powering real-world wins like Maersk's IoT for cargo tracking and SLB's data-driven services.[4]
ZEDEDA stands out in edge management through these key strengths:
ZEDEDA rides the edge computing and AI-at-the-edge megatrend, where IoT proliferation generates massive data volumes needing real-time processing closer to sources to cut latency, bandwidth costs, and cloud dependency—critical as 5G, AI inference, and Industry 4.0 accelerate.[2][3][6] Timing aligns perfectly with post-2020 edge AI boom, hyperscaler pushes (e.g., Azure integration), and sector digitization in energy/manufacturing amid supply chain disruptions and sustainability mandates.[4][8] Market tailwinds include rising cybersecurity threats in distributed setups and demand for scalable orchestration beyond centralized clouds; ZEDEDA influences the ecosystem by open-sourcing EVE-OS, fostering developer adoption, and enabling transformations like flare detection in oil/gas or store intelligence in retail, positioning it as a leader in unifying bare metal to AI layers.[2][3][5]
ZEDEDA is primed for hypergrowth in the AI-edge era, with its $72M 2023 round fueling expansions in Full-Stack Edge Kubernetes, deeper NVIDIA/partner ties, and fleet-scale AI deployments amid surging demand for secure, remote AI ops.[3][4][8] Trends like humanoid robotics training, smart infrastructure, and zero-trust mandates will propel it, potentially dominating as edge AI inference volumes explode 10x by 2030. Its influence could evolve from orchestration specialist to edge AI platform kingpin, much like how it already powers global fleets—extending cloud agility to every harsh edge site, unlocking data's full potential where it matters most.[3][6]
ZEDEDA has raised $130.1M in total across 5 funding rounds.
ZEDEDA's investors include Keith Block, ARCH Venture Partners, Clear Ventures, F-Prime Capital Partners, FTX Ventures, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Mubadala, Prosperity7 Ventures, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Y Combinator.