GitHub

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Location San Francisco, CA
Founded 2008
Latest Stage Series B
Total Raised $350M
Website https://github.com
Acquired By Microsoft
Sector
developer-tools infrastructure

Investors

Ron Conway Seed (2008)
Joshua Kushner Multiple rounds (~10% stake) (2014)
Andrew Reed Growth (acquired by Microsoft 2018) (2015)
Daniel Gross Angel (2013)
Marc Andreessen Series A (a16z, $100M) (2012)
Kareem Zaki Tender Offer (2014)
Tom Loverro Series B (2015)
Eric Liaw 2015 (2015)
Andreessen Horowitz Series A (2012)
Sequoia Capital Series B (2015)
Thrive Capital Series B (2015)
SV Angel Series A (2012)
NFDG Angel (2013)
IVP Series B (2015)

Founders

Chris Wanstrath CEO & Co-Founder
P.J. Hyett Co-Founder
Tom Preston-Werner Co-Founder
Scott Chacon Co-Founder

About

GitHub is a web-based platform for software development and version control using Git, providing hosting for code repositories, collaboration tools, and CI/CD services 1. The service was developed by Chris Wanstrath, P.J. Hyett, Tom Preston-Werner, and Scott Chacon, launching in April 2008 2. GitHub bootstrapped profitably for its first four years before taking outside funding 3. Microsoft acquired GitHub in October 2018 for $7.5 billion in an all-stock deal 2.

Funding History

Round Date Amount Lead Investor(s) Key Co-Investors Valuation
Series A Jul 2012 $100M Andreessen Horowitz SV Angel $750M
Series B Jul 2015 $250M Sequoia Capital Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, IVP $2B
Acquisition Oct 2018 $7.5B Microsoft (acquirer) — $7.5B

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What Investors Say

Andreessen Horowitz: The $100 million Series A in 2012 was the largest single check Andreessen Horowitz had ever written at the time. The investment netted over $1 billion for the fund when Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion 36.

What Founders Say

No independently sourced founder testimonials found.

Sources

  1. GitHub website, accessed March 2026. https://github.com↩

  2. Wikipedia, “GitHub,” accessed March 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub↩↩↩

  3. Fortune, “Why Andreessen Horowitz Wrote GitHub’s First Big Check Back in 2012,” June 2018. https://fortune.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-github-andreessen-horowitz/↩↩↩

  4. TechCrunch, “GitHub Pours Energies into Enterprise - Raises $100 Million From Power VC Andreessen Horowitz,” July 2012. https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/09/github-pours-energies-into-enterprise-raises-100-million-from-power-vc-andreesen-horowitz/↩

  5. TechCrunch, “GitHub Raises $250M Series B Round Led By Sequoia Capital,” July 2015. https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/29/github-raises-250m-series-b-round-to-take-risks/↩

  6. Crunchbase News, “How Far Does $7.5B Go For GitHub’s Investors?,” June 2018. https://news.crunchbase.com/business/thinking-about-githubs-investor-return/↩