VC-backed
Combine filters →Venture funding buys generous free tiers, fast product development and prices that do not have to cover costs yet. All of that is real while it lasts, and it is paid for by an expectation of a return: an acquisition, a listing, or a repricing.
46 providers are vc-backed, listed alphabetically. Mostly GPU cloud, Platform as a Service and serverless, of 9 categories in all. 46 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way.
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AppwriteOpen-source backend platform sold as a hosted service, running user functions alongside managed databases, authentication, storage and messaging.
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Back4AppManaged Parse Server backend with an auto-generated REST and GraphQL API, plus a container platform that builds and runs Docker images from GitHub.
BeamServerless GPU platform where Python functions and container images run as autoscaling endpoints, task queues and sandboxes, with on-demand GPU machines beside them.
BoltAn AI builder from StackBlitz that turns a prompt into a web app and can publish the result on its own bolt.host hosting or push the code to GitHub for deployment elsewhere.
BubbleBubble is a no-code app builder that combines UI design with database and workflow tools.
Bunny.netSlovenian edge platform selling CDN, storage, video and DNS, with Edge Scripting and Magic Containers running the customer's own code across its network.
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CerebriumServerless GPU platform for real-time AI workloads, running Python apps and custom Docker containers that scale to zero and bill per second.
CivoBritish Kubernetes-first cloud that charges for worker nodes only, with control planes included and data transfer unmetered.
CrusoeUS AI infrastructure company renting GPU and CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and model inference from its own data centers.
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Deno DeployOne we likeServerless hosting for JavaScript and TypeScript built by the Deno team, running the Deno runtime with Node and npm compatibility.
DiploiFinnish platform that puts a cloud development environment and the hosting for the same application in one place, billed by the hour it runs.
DudaDuda is a website builder focused on agencies that manage multiple client sites.
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GcoreGcore is an edge and cloud provider selling CDN, streaming, DDoS protection, virtual machines, bare metal, Kubernetes and serverless functions.
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Hugging FaceMachine-learning hub whose Spaces product hosts running applications — Gradio, Streamlit or an arbitrary Dockerfile — on CPU or rented GPU hardware.
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IDCloudHostIDCloudHost is an Indonesian infrastructure company selling cloud VPS, managed hosting, dedicated servers and object storage from data centers in Jakarta and Singapore.
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KoyebFrench platform that deploys containers and repositories across global regions with scale-to-zero, per-second billing, GPUs and serverless Postgres.
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LambdaUS GPU cloud selling on-demand NVIDIA GPU instances, reserved multi-node clusters and private cloud capacity.
Laravel CloudLaravel Cloud is the official platform by Laravel Holdings — managed, scale-to-zero hosting for Laravel and Symfony applications, billed by subscription plus usage.
Laravel VaporLaravel Vapor is a serverless deployment platform for Laravel applications on AWS Lambda, sold as a flat subscription on top of the customer's own AWS bill.
LovableOne we likeLovable is an AI-assisted low-code no-code platform that generates web app code from natural language prompts and deploys it on its own infrastructure.
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ModalServerless compute platform for Python, where functions are decorated in code and run in containers on CPU or GPU with per-second billing.
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NetlifyOne we likePlatform that builds sites from a git repository and serves them from a global CDN, with serverless functions, edge functions, blob storage and a database.
NhostOpen-source backend platform built on PostgreSQL, Hasura GraphQL and serverless functions, with a managed container runtime for the customer's own services.
NorthflankBritish platform running containers, jobs and managed databases on its own cloud, in the customer's cloud account, or on a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster.
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PantheonManaged WebOps platform for WordPress, Drupal, and Next.js with workflows and governance tools.
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RailwayOne we likeRailway is a polyglot deployment platform with subscription plus usage billing, four regions and a build system that detects most common languages.
RenderPlatform-as-a-service that builds services from a git repository, with native runtimes for several languages, a Docker runtime for the rest, and managed Postgres.
ReplitBrowser-based development environment with hosting attached, sold around an AI agent that writes, runs and publishes the application.
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SaladCloudContainer platform that runs customer images on idle consumer GPUs contributed by a distributed network of home and small-business machines.
ScalingoFrench platform-as-a-service with git-push deploys, buildpacks, managed databases and review apps, running only in French regions.
SupabaseOpen-source backend built on PostgreSQL, with authentication, storage, realtime and Edge Functions that run the customer's own TypeScript on Deno.
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Thunder ComputeGPU cloud renting NVIDIA GPU instances by the minute, managed from a CLI, an editor extension or an MCP server.
TigrisGlobally distributed, S3-compatible object storage reached through a single endpoint, with no egress fees.
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VercelOne we likeVercel is a frontend platform for Javascript people. It's formerly known as Zeit and venture backed and high on the AI wave.
VerdaFinnish GPU cloud selling GPU virtual machines, multi-node clusters and serverless containers from data centers in Helsinki.
VultrCloud infrastructure provider selling virtual private servers, bare metal, GPU instances, object storage and managed Kubernetes, billed by the hour.
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ZeaburContainer platform that reads a git repository, works out what kind of project it is and deploys it without a configuration file.
ZeropsOne we likeCzech container platform running applications and managed services on rented infrastructure in Prague, billed by resources consumed rather than by plan tier.
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