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Tintri has raised $265.0M across 5 funding rounds.
Key people at Tintri.
Tintri has raised $265.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Tintri develops VM-aware storage platforms and data management solutions specifically designed for virtualized workloads. Its core product, VMstore, operates at the abstraction layer of the modern datacenter, moving beyond traditional LUNs or volumes. This approach allows businesses to gain enhanced control, automate processes, and improve security within their cloud computing and virtualized environments.
The company was founded in 2007 and incorporated in June 2008 by Kieran Harty and Mark Gritter in Mountain View, California. Their founding insight centered on the critical need for storage purpose-built to understand and manage virtual machines directly, recognizing that traditional storage architectures were ill-suited for the demands of highly virtualized infrastructures.
Tintri’s solutions serve businesses navigating the complexities of cloud computing and extensive virtualized data centers. The company's vision focuses on delivering autonomous operations alongside real-time insights into data management. It continues to evolve its innovative approaches to empower organizations with greater efficiency and simplified management of their virtualized ecosystems.
Tintri has raised $265.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $130.0M Series F in August 2015.
Tintri has raised $265.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Tintri's investors include Adam Grosser, Benchmark, Emergence Capital, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Menlo Ventures, Brooke Seawell, New Enterprise Associates, Osage University Partners, Pelion Venture Partners.
Key people at Tintri.
Tintri is an enterprise storage company specializing in VM-aware hybrid storage solutions, primarily through its VMstore appliances and software that simplify management for virtualized and cloud workloads.[1][2][3] It serves enterprise virtualization teams, DevOps, and cloud builders running VMware, Hyper-V, and containers, solving problems like complex storage provisioning, performance issues at the VM level, and the need for predictable QoS without deep storage expertise by offering per-VM analytics, automation, and abstraction of underlying file systems.[1][2][3] Originally independent, Tintri faced bankruptcy in 2018 but was acquired by DataDirect Networks (DDN), which revived and expanded its products; it now operates as a DDN division with reported revenue of $125.9 million and around 445 employees.[1][3]
Tintri was founded in 2008 by Kieran Harty and Mark Gritter in Mountain View, California, as a pioneer in storage abstraction for virtualization environments.[1][2][4] The idea emerged from recognizing the need to hide storage complexities like volume/LUN provisioning, introducing virtual disk concepts with per-VM QoS—ideas that influenced VMware vVols—and targeting VMware-centric hardware appliances.[1][2] Early traction included VMworld awards by the mid-2010s and analyst visits like Storage Field Day 10 in 2016, fueled by $261 million in funding across rounds up to Series F in 2015 from investors like Silver Lake, Insight Partners, NEA, Menlo Ventures, and Lightspeed.[1][2] Pivotal moments were its 2017 IPO filing, 2018 bankruptcy due to cash shortages, and acquisition by DDN, which preserved its IP, kept operations running, and invested in extensions for enterprise cloud, VMs, and containers.[1][3][4]
Tintri rides the trend of virtualization and hybrid cloud storage, where enterprises demand VM/container-aware solutions amid shifting from traditional datastores to abstracted, QoS-driven systems.[1][2][3] Its timing as an early innovator (pre-vVols) mattered during the 2010s VMware boom, and DDN's 2018 acquisition aligned with rising needs for resilient, scalable storage in data centers facing complexity from AI, edge, and multi-cloud forces.[1][3] Market tailwinds include ongoing virtualization persistence despite public cloud growth and demand for cost-effective, high-performance hybrid options in EMEAR/CEE regions.[1] Tintri influences the ecosystem by proving storage can be "UFO"-like—specialized yet practical—paving the way for software-defined storage while DDN leverages it to compete in enterprise cloud.
Tintri's revival under DDN positions it for steady growth in underserved markets like France, Italy, CEE, and Balkans, with potential expansions in go-to-market strategies amid hybrid cloud demand.[1] Trends like containerization, AI-driven analytics, and edge computing will shape its path, likely driving VMstore enhancements for broader hypervisor support and software-only offerings. Its influence may evolve from niche innovator to integral DDN asset, capitalizing on storage simplification as enterprises balance on-prem and cloud—echoing its original mission to abstract complexities for virtualization success.[1][2][3]
