2026-03-31
Kestra Raises $25M Series A to Build the Enterprise Orchestration Standard
Paris-based Kestra raises $25M Series A led by RTP Global to scale its open-source workflow orchestration platform and launch Kestra Cloud.
The Round
| Company | Kestra |
| HQ | Paris, France |
| Amount | $25M (€21M) |
| Round | Series A |
| Date | 31 March 2026 |
| Total Raised | $36M |
What They Do
Kestra is an open-source orchestration platform that unifies data pipelines, AI workflows, infrastructure automation, and business processes through a single control plane. Workflows are defined declaratively in YAML, with 1,200+ plugins for connecting tools without custom glue code.
The platform supports both scheduled and event-driven execution, with built-in governance features like RBAC, audit logging, and retry logic. It runs self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes), as an enterprise on-premises deployment, or through the upcoming Kestra Cloud managed service.
Since the seed round 18 months ago, Kestra has grown enterprise revenue 25x, executed over 2 billion workflows in 2025 (up 20x year-on-year), and now counts more than 30,000 organizations using the platform — including Bloomberg, Toyota, BHP, and JPMorgan Chase.
Investors
This Round
| Investor | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RTP Global | United Kingdom | Lead |
| Alven | France | Returning |
| ISAI | France | Returning |
| Axeleo | France | Returning |
Previous Funding (Seed, ~2024)
| Investor | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alven | France | Led seed |
| ISAI | France | Seed |
| Axeleo | France | Seed |
Cap Table (Known)
| Investor | Round(s) | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| RTP Global | Series A | United Kingdom |
| Alven | Seed, Series A | France |
| ISAI | Seed, Series A | France |
| Axeleo | Seed, Series A | France |
Total disclosed funding: $36M across two rounds.
Use of Funds
Three priorities: launching Kestra 2.0 with a new distributed execution engine built for mission-critical reliability at scale, rolling out Kestra Cloud as a fully managed SaaS with usage-based pricing, and expanding go-to-market operations across North America and Europe.
The open-source project will continue to receive investment — the company sees it as both the acquisition channel and the foundation for enterprise and cloud products.
Market Context
Workflow orchestration is a space with strong open-source roots. Apache Airflow (originally built at Airbnb) is the incumbent, but its batch-oriented architecture and Python-centric API create friction for teams that need event-driven execution or non-Python workflows.
Prefect and Dagster (both US-based, both well-funded) have positioned themselves as modern Airflow replacements with better developer experience and managed cloud offerings. Temporal focuses on durable execution for microservices. All three target primarily Python-heavy data engineering teams.
Kestra takes a different approach: YAML-based declarative workflows that are accessible to non-Python engineers, with a plugin ecosystem that spans infrastructure automation, business processes, and AI orchestration — not just data pipelines. The 25x enterprise revenue growth suggests this broader positioning is finding buyers who need orchestration across multiple domains, not just data engineering.
As a European open-source company with SOC 2 and GDPR compliance certifications, Kestra also fits the growing demand for sovereign tooling in regulated industries.