# Checkly raises $2.25M seed round led by Accel

> We are thrilled to announce that we have just raised a $2.25M seed round. This round is led by Accel and some great founders.

Source: https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/checkly-raises-2-25m-to-push-active-reliability/

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# Checkly raises $2.25M seed round to push Active Reliability forward

[Hannes Lenke](https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/author/hannes-lenke/)[Tim Nolet](https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/author/tim-nolet/)

April 28, 2020 · Updated January 15, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that we have just raised a $2.25M seed round. This round is led by Accel and some great founders — including current and former executives from Vercel (formerly Zeit), Instana, Twilio and many more:

- Guillermo Rauch - CEO of Vercel
- Mirko Novakovic - CEO of Instana
- Ott Kaukver - ex- CTO of Twilio, Skype
- Christian Henschel - CEO of Adjust
- Paul Müller - CTO of Adjust
- Robin Vasan - Founder of Mango Capital
- Charles Ramsey - ex-CEO of Sauce Labs
- Philip Moehring - Tiny VC, AngelList Europe

Welcome, on board!

## The reliability world is changing

Active monitoring and end-to-end testing have been silos with different tools and platforms. Modern DevOps demands a change. We firmly believe that Checkly sits at the intersection of these distinct market trends:

**Old technology is dying:**

- Active monitoring and testing are sleepy and are being overhauled.
- New frameworks like Puppeteer, Playwright, Cypress, and others are changing the active reliability world.

**DevOps shift:**

- Developers are now responsible for their app's reliability from development, through testing and monitoring in production.

Our vision is to unite end-to-end testing and active monitoring to be the number one active reliability platform for modern DevOps teams. Checkly will serve cross-functional DevOps teams and support a modern technical stack based on JavaScript and Open Source.

We are building a solution that’s easy to get started with and seamlessly integrates into your development workflow.

**Monitoring 💕 E2E testing = Active Reliabilit**y

## What's next?

This round enables us to move even **faster, pushing our vision forward**. We couldn't be more excited! We will:

- [Grow our team and hire great engineers and go-to-market professionals.](https://checklyhq.com/jobs/)
- Work on [Checkly](https://blog.checklyhq.com/tag/changelog/) alongside with our open source components like the [Puppeteer Recorder](https://github.com/checkly/puppeteer-recorder/issues/83).
- Continuously deliver an awesome service to our customers!

## More

- Please have a look at the full press release [here](https://checklyhq.com/downloads/Seed_Release_Checkly_Accel_23_04_2020.pdf).
- And please also read [Tim's article](https://blog.checklyhq.com/from-bootstrapped-to-venture-backed-in-3-months/)on the process.

[Hannes Lenke CEO](https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/author/hannes-lenke/)

[Tim Nolet Chief Evangelist](https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/author/tim-nolet/)

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