Orchard
Provides Docker host in the cloud.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | investor investor | €0.0 | round |
| investor | €0.0 | round | |
| N/A | $800k | Early VC | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
| GBP | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 |
| % growth | 15 % | 12 % | (3 %) | (1 %) | (3 %) | (1 %) | 22 % |
| EBITDA | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 |
| % EBITDA margin | 5 % | 5 % | (15 %) | 2 % | 3 % | 20 % | - |
| Profit | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 |
| % profit margin | 17 % | 11 % | (6 %) | 20 % | 4 % | 17 % | (5 %) |
| EV | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 |
| EV / revenue | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x |
| EV / EBITDA | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x | 00.0x |
| R&D budget | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 |
Source: Company filings or news article
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Orchard Laboratories, registered as Orchard Labs Ltd., was a London-based startup founded in 2013 by Ben Firshman and Aanand Prasad. The company emerged as an early and active member of the Docker open-source community, carving out a niche by providing cloud-based hosting services for Docker containers. Its core product, Orchard, allowed developers to run Docker containers in the cloud with the same ease as on a local machine, ensuring each host was fully isolated and secured.
The firm's most notable creation was Fig, an open-source tool designed to simplify the development of multi-container applications. Fig enabled developers to define and manage all the components of their application—including containers, network connections, and storage dependencies—through a simple configuration file, streamlining the development process with a single command. The utility of Fig gained significant traction within the developer community. This success positioned Orchard as a key player in the evolving container orchestration landscape.
On July 23, 2014, Docker Inc. announced its first-ever acquisition, purchasing Orchard Laboratories in a deal described as an "acqui-hire" focused on talent and technology. Following the acquisition, Firshman and Prasad joined Docker to lead developer environment initiatives, with a primary focus on continuing the development of Fig. While Fig was integrated into Docker's portfolio, Orchard's hosting service was phased out, with customers being transitioned to other providers as Docker aimed to focus on its core software business rather than service provision.
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