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Based in New York, Dash0 is an AI-native observability platform built on OpenTelemetry that enables developers to monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure and application issues in real time across distributed environments. The enterprise software platform provides comprehensive infrastructure monitoring, log management, application performance management, and distributed tracing capabilities while utilizing an artificial intelligence copilot to reduce system noise and automate issue resolution. Within its first nine months of commercial operation, the software-as-a-service company successfully acquired more than 270 enterprise customers across various global industries. The venture-backed business recently reached a $1 billion valuation following a $110 million Series B funding round, which built upon a $35 million Series A co-led by Accel and Cherry Ventures, with additional participation from DIG Ventures. Dash0 was founded in 2023 by Mirko Novakovic, Ben Blackmore, Miel Donkers, and Marcel Birkner.
Dash0 has raised $155.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Key people at Dash0.
Dash0 has raised $155.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Dash0 has raised $155.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $110.0M Series B in March 2026.
| Date | Company | Round | Lead Investor(s) | Co-Investor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2025 | OllyGarden | $1.6M Pre-Seed | DIG Ventures | Datadog, Grafana Labs |
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2026 | $110M Series B | Balderton Capital, Rana Yared | Accel, Sarah Rall, Ross Mason, DTCP, July Fund, T.Capital | Announced |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $35M Series A | Accel, Cherry Ventures | DIG Ventures, GUY Podjarny | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $10M Seed | — | Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Banyan Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cherry Ventures, DIG Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glenn Solomon, Preston Werner Ventures, Saxena Capital, Summit Partners, Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Guillermo Rauch, GUY Podjarny, Natalie LUU | Announced |
Key people at Dash0.
Dash0 is a Berlin-based DevOps company founded in 2023 that builds an AI-native, OpenTelemetry observability platform to simplify monitoring for developers and engineering teams.[1][2][3][6] It serves software developers and organizations in sectors like automotive, financial services, healthcare, and media by solving the complexity of collecting, integrating, and analyzing telemetry data (logs, metrics, traces) without silos, high costs, or vendor lock-in.[1][4][6] Key products include infrastructure monitoring, log management, distributed tracing, Kubernetes monitoring, AI SRE agents, dashboards, and alerting, with recent innovations like the SIFT AI framework for filtering, grouping, and triaging issues to cut mean time to resolution (MTTR) and costs.[2][4] Dash0 raised $35M in Series A funding in October 2025 at a $180M valuation, led by Accel and Cherry Ventures, signaling strong growth with 60+ employees.[3]
Dash0 emerged from the observability expertise of its founders, who previously built Instana, a successful monitoring tool, and were inspired by the maturation of open standards like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus in cloud-native environments.[1][5] Founded in 2023 by Mirko Novakovic (CEO), Ben Blackmore (CTO), Miel Donkers (Founding Engineer), Marcel Birkner (Founding Engineer), and Michele Mancioppi (Head of Product)—all veterans in software engineering and observability—the company launched out of stealth with a mission to make observability "easy to install, integrate, customize, use, and control."[1][2][5] Early traction came from committing to six principles of developer-centric design, open-source contributions, and community engagement, culminating in a high-profile Series A that validates their pivot to AI-enhanced tools amid booming DevOps demand.[3][5]
Dash0 sets itself apart in the crowded observability market through:
Dash0 rides the explosive growth of cloud-native DevOps and AI-driven observability, where distributed systems generate overwhelming telemetry that traditional tools struggle to handle efficiently.[3][5] Timing is ideal: OpenTelemetry's maturity since ~2022 has standardized data collection, while AI advancements enable smarter analysis amid rising Kubernetes and microservices adoption.[1][5][7] Market forces like cost pressures in observability (often 20-30% of cloud bills) and the shift to "agentic AI" for SRE workflows favor Dash0's open, efficient approach over proprietary stacks.[4] It influences the ecosystem by publishing ideas, contributing open-source tools, and pushing for meaningful data practices, helping developers in high-stakes industries achieve faster issue resolution without black boxes.[1][5][6]
Dash0 is poised for rapid scaling post-Series A, likely expanding AI SRE agents, synthetic monitoring, and global sales to capture share in the $20B+ observability market.[3] Trends like AI autonomy in ops, OpenTelemetry dominance, and cost-optimized telemetry will propel it, potentially challenging incumbents with its user-centric, standards-first model. Expect deeper AWS integrations, more open-source wins, and enterprise wins as it evolves influence from innovator to ecosystem standard-setter—proving that easy, AI-native observability can transform DevOps for every developer.[2][4][7]
Dash0 has raised $155.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Dash0's investors include Balderton Capital, Rana Yared, Accel, Sarah Rall, Ross Mason, DTCP, July Fund, T.Capital, Cherry Ventures, Dig Ventures, Guy Podjarny, Andreessen Horowitz.
