groundcover

Summary active Updated Jul 29, 2026

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Location Tel Aviv, Israel
Founded 2021
Latest Stage Series C
Total Raised $160M

Investors

James Lindenbaum Seed (2022)
Tom Drummond Seed (2022)
Joseph Ruscio Seed (2022)
Heavybit series-c (2026)

Founders

Shahar Azulay CEO

About

groundcover is a Tel Aviv-based cloud-native observability platform that allows engineering teams to monitor applications, cloud infrastructure, and AI workloads from within customers’ own cloud environments 123. Founded in 2021 and led by CEO Shahar Azulay, the company reports having tripled annual recurring revenue and doubled its global headcount in the year prior to the raise 12. On 2026-07-29, groundcover announced a $100 million Series C led by One Peak at a reported $500 million valuation, bringing total funding to $160 million 123. The capital supports go-to-market expansion in North America and deeper AI capabilities in the product roadmap 12.

Disclaimer: This is a lean profile built from initial round coverage and may be expanded as more information becomes available.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-07-29 Series C $100M One Peak Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Zeev Ventures, Angular Ventures, Heavybit, Jibe 123

What Investors Say

No independently sourced investor commentary quoted at press time.

What Founders Say

“We want to replace Datadog.”

— Shahar Azulay, CEO of groundcover, quoted in CTech 3

Sources


  1. BusinessWire, “groundcover Raises $100 Million Series C to Create the Observability Platform Built for the AI Era,” July 29, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260729686071/en/groundcover-Raises-$100-Million-Series-C-to-Create-the-Observability-Platform-Built-for-the-AI-Era

  2. citybiz, “Groundcover Raises $100 Million Series C to Expand AI Observability Platform,” July 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.citybiz.co/article/881000/groundcover-raises-100-million-series-c-to-expand-ai-observability-platform/

  3. CTech, “‘We want to replace Datadog’: groundcover raises $100 million at $500 million valuation as AI reshapes observability,” July 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/r19aupvrme