Qovery raises $13M to redefine DevOps automation

Paris-based Qovery, a SaaS platform that automates DevOps and simplifies application deployment on any cloud, has raised $13 million in Series A funding. The round was led by IRIS, with participation from Speedinvest, Crane Venture Partners, Techstars, Irregular Expressions, and angels including Datadog co-founders Olivier Pomel and Alexis Le-Quoc, Docker co-founder Sebastian Pahl, and Checkout.com CTO Ott Kaukver (former Twilio CTO), who also joins the board. All seed investors participated in the Series A.

Launched in 2020, Qovery helps teams reduce the complexity and cost of infrastructure management so developers can focus on higher-value work. A shortage of experienced DevOps engineers continues to slow delivery. In the UK in 2024, deployments were 26 per cent more likely to be delayed than delivered early. Meanwhile, major public cloud platforms offer thousands of services that are difficult to manage, particularly in multi-cloud or migration scenarios, and Kubernetes, while reliable, can be challenging to operate at scale.

Qovery addresses these issues by automating the end-to-end lifecycle of application deployment and infrastructure management across public clouds and on-premises Kubernetes environments. The platform aims to provide full visibility and cost control while avoiding the vendor lock-in common to traditional PaaS solutions.

Romaric Philogène, Qovery’s cofounder and CEO, emphasised that software companies often face a choice between building a costly, slow-to-scale in-house DevOps team or relying on external consultants at the expense of autonomy and flexibility. He added:

Qovery solves this by enabling organisations to ship products faster, at lower cost, while letting developers spend more time coding and less time managing the cloud infrastructure. Our platform can be installed in just five minutes, delivering the output of four to five DevOps engineers - roles that typically take six to twelve months to hire and onboard. That’s the kind of leverage our customers need in today’s market.”

This approach reduces setup from weeks or months to about a day, with installation taking roughly five minutes and requiring minimal DevOps expertise. Customers report roughly 3× DevOps efficiency on average, shorter setup times (from weeks or months to about a day), and release velocities in the hundreds or thousands of deployments per day, accelerating product cycles without compromising compliance or security.

The new funding will support regional expansion, team growth, and continued AI-driven product development.