Talk:SignalFx
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 2013 |
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Number of employees | 200+ |
| Parent | Splunk |
| Website | signalfx.com |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Defunct | October 2, 2019 |
| Fate | Acquired by Splunk |
| Parent | Splunk |
Lead section
| − | '''SignalFx''' | + | '''SignalFx''' was a cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform now owned by [[Splunk]] Inc'''.''', who acquired the company in 2019 and integrated its technology into the Splunk Observability Cloud.
Originally founded as an independent [[Software as a service|SaaS]] company headquartered in [[San Mateo, California]], SignalFx provided tools for analyzing, visualizing, automating, and alerting on metrics data from infrastructure, applications, [[microservice]]s, [[Container (abstract data type)|containers]], and functions. The system used a streaming architecture that separated metric data into two streams—one for metadata and another for time-series values processed through a publish-subscribe bus and an analytics language called SignalFlow. |
History section with a proposed subsection on the Splunk purchase
| − | SignalFx was co-founded by Karthik Rau and Phillip Liu in February 2013. SignalFx received $8.5 million in Series A funding from [[Andreessen Horowitz]], with [[Ben Horowitz]] joining its board. In 2015, SignalFx received $20 million in Series B funding led by [[Charles River Ventures]], with participation from [[Andreessen Horowitz]]; Devdutt Yellurkar joined the board. In May 2018, SignalFx announced its Series D funding of $45<span class="nowrap"> </span>million led by [[General Catalyst]], with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Charles River Ventures. In June 2019, the company raised $75<span class="nowrap"> </span>million in its Series E round led by [[Tiger Global Management]], bringing the company's total funding to $179<span class="nowrap"> </span>million.
SignalFx served customers including [[Athenahealth]], [[Chairish]], [[Ellie Mae]], [[Carbon Black (company)|Carbon black]], [[Kayak.com|Kayak]], [[Shutterfly]], [[Sunrun]], and [[Yelp]].
SignalFx was acquired by [[Splunk]] on August 21, 2019, for $1.05 billion. The acquisition aimed to enhance Splunk's cloud-native observability and APM capabilities, integrating SignalFx into Splunk’s Observability Suite. The acquisition consisted of 60% cash ($630 million) and 40% Splunk common stock (SPLK) | + | SignalFx was co-founded by Karthik Rau and Phillip Liu in February 2013. SignalFx received $8.5 million in Series A funding from [[Andreessen Horowitz]], with [[Ben Horowitz]] joining its board. In 2015, SignalFx received $20 million in Series B funding led by [[Charles River Ventures]], with participation from [[Andreessen Horowitz]]; Devdutt Yellurkar joined the board. In May 2018, SignalFx announced its Series D funding of $45<span class="nowrap"> </span>million led by [[General Catalyst]], with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Charles River Ventures. In June 2019, the company raised $75<span class="nowrap"> </span>million in its Series E round led by [[Tiger Global Management]], bringing the company's total funding to $179<span class="nowrap"> </span>million.
SignalFx served customers including [[Athenahealth]], [[Chairish]], [[Ellie Mae]], [[Carbon Black (company)|Carbon black]], [[Kayak.com|Kayak]], [[Shutterfly]], [[Sunrun]], and [[Yelp]].
=== Splunk acquisition ===
SignalFx was acquired by [[Splunk]] on August 21, 2019, for $1.05 billion. The acquisition aimed to enhance Splunk's cloud-native observability and APM capabilities, integrating SignalFx into Splunk’s Observability Suite. The acquisition consisted of 60% cash ($630 million) and 40% Splunk common stock (SPLK).
The transaction closed on October 2, 2019. SignalFx became part of the Splunk Cloud Platform and, following Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk in March 2024, came under [[Cisco]]’s ownership. |
SBCornelius (talk) 17:56, 12 March 2026 (UTC)