FreeBSD Foundation

About FreeBSD Foundation

The FreeBSD Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project, an open-source operating system. Its mission includes funding development projects, providing infrastructure support, offering grants, conducting research, and promoting education and advocacy for FreeBSD.

Products & Services

FreeBSD Operating System:A robust, secure, and open-source operating system suitable for servers and desktops, supported through development, resources, and user stories.

FreeBSD Journal:An online publication providing updates, insights, and information about FreeBSD, available for free.

Infrastructure Support:Support for the underlying systems and resources that keep the FreeBSD Project operational.

Grants and Projects:Funding and support for various development initiatives, such as laptop sleep handling improvements, userland development, and virtualization support for bhyve hypervisor.

Specialties

FreeBSD Operating System Development Infrastructure Support Virtualization (bhyve hypervisor) Laptop and Desktop User Experience Improvements Security Solutions (FreeBSD Jails)

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 2800000 MR: - FA: over $2.8 million FAN: 2800000	D: 2024-11-18 FD: 2024-11-18	1 investors
2	RT: Strategic Partnership Investment T: - FT: Strategic Partnership Investment	A: 750000 MR: - FA: 750,000 FAN: 750000	D: 2024-09-20 FD: 2024-09-20	1 investors
3	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 686400 MR: - FA: €686,400 FAN: 686400	D: 2024-08-26 FD: 2024-08-26	1 investors

Grant Latest

2024-11-18

$2.8M

1 investor (Pro only)

Strategic Partnership Investment 2024-09-20

$750K

Grant 2024-08-26

$686K

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Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

D

Deb Goodkin

Executive Director

E

Ed Maste

Senior Director of Technology

A

Anne Dickison

Deputy Director

K

Konstantin Belousov

Senior Software Engineer

I

Isaac Freund

Software Developer

L

Loren Gurkowski

Administration Manager

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