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# News

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# Kong Raises $100M Series D to Accelerate API Connectivity

Kong Raises $100M Series D to Accelerate Cloud Connectivity
[News](/blog)NewsFebruary 8, 2021

Today, we're excited to share that Kong has closed a $100M Series D financing led by Tiger Global with participation from new investor Goldman Sachs as well as existing investors Index Ventures, CRV, Andreessen Horowitz and GGV Capital. This raise triples our valuation to $1.4 billion and will…

Augusto Marietti
[](/blog/news/announcing-100m-series-d-funding-to-accelerate-cloud-connectivity)

# The Future of API Connectivity is Here: Announcing the General Availability of Kong Konnect

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[News](/blog)NewsFebruary 1, 2021

Today, we're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Konnect , the service connectivity platform designed from the ground up for the cloud native era, delivered as a service. We live in a connected world. Every application we use, whether within or outside of work, is a connected…

Kong
[](/blog/news/the-future-of-cloud-connectivity-is-here-announcing-the-general-availability-of-kong-konnect)

# Introducing Kong Konnect

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[News](/blog)NewsOctober 7, 2020

We are proud today to announce the future of service connectivity - Kong Konnect ! Kong Konnect is the only full stack connectivity platform that is designed from the ground up for the cloud native era, delivered as a service. It accelerates the journey to microservices, secures and governs APIs…

Augusto Marietti
[](/blog/news/introducing-kong-konnect)

# Kong Named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Lifecycle API Management

Kong Named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Lifecycle API Management
[News](/blog)NewsSeptember 28, 2020

In 2018, Kong was first positioned onto the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Lifecycle API Management Market as a Visionary . This in itself was a very impressive feat given that Kong was started as an open source project just three years before that. I believe Kong's progress on the Magic Quadrant…

Sandeep Singh Kohli
[](/blog/news/kong-named-leader-2020-gartner-magic-quadrant-api)

# Kong Acquires Insomnia - Expanding Our Offering With Advanced API Testing

Kong Acquires Insomnia - Expanding Our Offering With Advanced API Testing
[News](/blog)NewsOctober 2, 2019

Today we are excited to welcome Insomnia to the team at Kong! Insomnia has been on our radar at Kong for quite some time. I was first introduced to Insomnia and Greg in the early days of the project, and I am proud to have been one of the earliest supporters. From the first,…

Augusto Marietti
[](/blog/news/kong-acquires-insomnia)

# Announcing Kong's Integration with Vault!

Announcing Kong's Integration with Vault!
[News](/blog)NewsMay 28, 2019

Today we’re excited to show how Kong Enterprise customers can utilize our new plugin for HashiCorp Vault for authentication and secrets management. Like the Terraform integration released last year, this new integration with Vault represents another step towards allowing Kong Enterprise customers…

Mike Bilodeau
[](/blog/news/announcing-kongs-integration-vault)

# Kong Summit 2019: Call for Speakers Now Open!

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[News](/blog)NewsApril 11, 2019

Save the date! Kong API Summit will be returning for its second year this coming October 2-3 at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco. Focused on building the next era of software , Kong Summit 2019 will provide a fun and educational forum for discovering, learning and trying the technologies,…

Marco Palladino
[](/blog/news/kong-summit-2019-call-for-speakers)

# Kong at AWS Global Summits: Coming Soon to a City Near You!

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[News](/blog)NewsApril 10, 2019

Anaheim, Amsterdam, Australia, oh my! The Kong team is packing our bags and hitting the road for AWS Global Summits around the world over the next few months. At each free event, the cloud computing community gathers to discuss AWS core topics and software trends. Visit our booth for riveting…

Kong
[](/blog/news/aws-summits-spring-2019)

# Kong Raises $43 Million to Connect the Next Era of Software

Kong Raises $43 Million to Connect the Next Era of Software
[News](/blog)NewsMarch 28, 2019

Today, we have some exciting news! We’re announcing our $43 million Series C round, led by Index Ventures and our board member Mike Volpi, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (Martin Casado) and CRV (Devdutt Yellurkar), as well as new strategic investors GGV Capital and…

Augusto Marietti
[](/blog/news/kong-raises-43-million)

# Join Kong at AWS Summit Santa Clara!

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[News](/blog)NewsMarch 20, 2019

The Kong team will be in Santa Clara next week for AWS Summit Santa Clara . Kong is a proud sponsor of this free event that brings together a wide range of attendees across company size, industry and scope, and we hope to see you there! To schedule a one-on-one meeting with a member…

Kong
[](/blog/news/join-kong-aws-summit-santa-clara)
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