Garden.io, the end-to-end development and testing platform for Kubernetes and cloud, has announced a $16 million Series A, co-led by 468 Capital and Sorenson Ventures, with participation from existing investors Crowberry Capital, Fly Ventures and more.

Founded in 2018, Garden.io helps companies deliver faster to the cloud, using a graph-based framework that automates builds, deployments and tests for every stage of the delivery cycle. The company aims to move the industry closer toward a world of zero-waste software development, where every developer can spend their time working on problems they know will have the biggest impact on their business.

Garden.io primarily focuses on Kubernetes, containers, as well as other cloud infrastructure via Terraform and Pulumi integrations. With this Series A investment, the team will broaden support to include serverless platforms, integrations with DevSecOps solutions and software supply chain management. Garden.io plans to triple in size by the end of 2022, both in the US and Europe.

Engineering teams are in desperate need of a new type of DevOps tool, truly designed for modern cloud native development. With Garden.io, tooling and platform teams get a powerful batteries-included framework for their DevOps automation. Their cloud developers get realistic remote development environments on demand, are able to rapidly iterate while coding, and can efficiently run tests from anywhere. Crucially, Garden.io works both from developer’s laptops and during CI/CD, which helps reduce a huge amount of friction in the delivery cycle.