AI & Machine Learning Operationalization (MLOps) SoftwareUnited KingdomFounded 2015CEO Simon Ponsford
YellowDog is a Bristol-based cloud computing platform founded in 2015 that licenses access to distributed computing resources, enabling customers to scale workloads across hundreds of thousands or millions of cores in the cloud.
YellowDog has not published its revenue. GetLatka estimates it at about $5.4M a year (October 2024). YellowDog is #577 on the Latka Top. The Latka Top ranks the 1,368 companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by revenue.
| As of | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2020 | $360K | – |
| Oct 2021 | $1.8M | – |
| Nov 2022 | $2.9M | – |
| Nov 2023 | $3.9MEST. | GetLatka estimate |
| Oct 2024 | $5.4MEST. | GetLatka estimate |
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YellowDog is privately held, so there is no YellowDog stock to buy. Investors valued it at $12.5M in its October 2021 Pre-Seed round.
Valuation history$12.5M Pre-Seed 2021$14.5M 2019$14.5M Series A 2019$8M Equity Crowdfunding 2017$1.8M Equity Crowdfunding 2016$1.6M Equity Crowdfunding 2015
YellowDog has raised $11.1M across nine rounds since 2015. The latest was a $1.5M Pre-Seed round in October 2021.
| Date | Round | Raised | Valuation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | $12.5M | Simon Ponsford on cameraWatch at 10:00 |
| Jun 2019 | Funding round | $1M | $14.5M | Simon Ponsford on cameraWatch at 7:28 |
| Mar 2019 | Series A | $3.3M | $14.5M | – |
| Mar 2018 | Series A | $2.2M | – | – |
| Nov 2017 | Equity Crowdfunding | $793.2K | $8M | – |
| Jun 2017 | Funding round | $1.5M | – | Simon Ponsford on cameraWatch at 6:11 |
| Feb 2016 | Equity Crowdfunding | $259.1K | $1.8M | – |
| Sep 2015 | Equity Crowdfunding | $310.9K | $1.6M | – |
| May 2015 | Equity Crowdfunding | $198.2K | – | – |
| Total raised | $11.1M |
Nathan Latka has interviewed YellowDog once, speaking with Simon Ponsford. Each figure links to the second it was said.
Watch: How YellowDog Serves 30 Recurring Customers and 4,500 Render Customers with a 12-Person Team (Interview with CEO Simon Ponsford)October 2021 · Simon Ponsford, CEO
Simon Ponsford founded YellowDog in 2015 and runs it as CEO. YellowDog had 22 employees (October 2024, LinkedIn), down from 26 a year earlier.
| As of | Employees | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 22 | |
| Nov 2023 | 26 | – |
| Nov 2022 | 19 | – |
| Oct 2021 | 12 | Simon Ponsford on cameraWatch at 13:05 |
| Nov 2020 | 10 | – |
GetLatka estimates YellowDog's revenue at about $5.4M a year (October 2024). The company hasn't published its own figure.
Investors valued YellowDog at $12.5M in its October 2021 Pre-Seed round, as Simon Ponsford said on camera.
YellowDog has raised $11.1M across nine funding rounds. The latest was a $1.5M Pre-Seed round in October 2021.
No. YellowDog is a private company, so its shares aren't traded on a stock exchange.
YellowDog had 22 employees in October 2024, according to LinkedIn.
Simon Ponsford is the CEO of YellowDog and founded the company in 2015. Nathan Latka interviewed Simon Ponsford in October 2021.
Simon Ponsford founded YellowDog in 2015.
10 said on camera · 1 from public sources · 2 estimates. Founder figures link to the second they were said; public figures name their source; estimates are marked EST. and say whose they are. Not financial advice. The Latka Top ranks the private, operating companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by the latest revenue figure on each profile, reported or estimated; equal figures share a rank.
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