Split Software is a technology company.
Split Software has raised $110.0M across 5 funding rounds.
Split Software has raised $110.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Split Software builds a feature delivery platform centered on feature flags, experimentation, and continuous delivery tools that enable engineering teams to deploy features safely, measure their impact with data, and iterate rapidly. It serves enterprises in sectors like financial services, healthcare, media, entertainment, retail, software, and travel, solving the problem of risky software releases by decoupling deployment from release, reducing development time, mitigating risks, and supporting data-driven decisions.[1][2][3] Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company raised $108M–$160M before being acquired by Harness in May 2024, employing over 200 people and powering trunk-based development, microservices, and dark launches for customers worldwide.[1][4][5]
Split Software was founded in 2015 in Redwood City, California, by a team addressing the challenges of modern software delivery in fast-scaling environments.[1][4][5] Incorporated on July 27, 2015, as Split Software, Inc., it emerged from the need for better feature management amid the rise of continuous delivery practices, with early focus on secure feature flags for enterprise-scale rollouts.[5][7] The company gained traction through robust data integrations and tools for A/B testing and experimentation, securing funding rounds up to $50M in August 2021 from investors, while expanding offices to Boston and Argentina and growing to 200+ employees.[4][5] A pivotal moment came with its acquisition by Harness in May 2024, integrating Split's capabilities into Harness's AI-driven continuous delivery platform to enhance release management and analytics.[1]
Split stands out in the feature management space through these key strengths:
Competitors like LaunchDarkly, Flagsmith, and Unleash focus on similar flagging, but Split excels in data-native experimentation.[1][3]
Split rides the feature flag and progressive delivery trend, fueled by DevOps, CI/CD, and AI-driven development demands in cloud-native ecosystems. Timing aligns with microservices explosion and the shift to data-informed releases, where 80%+ of enterprises adopt flags to avoid big-bang deployments amid rising cyber risks and velocity needs.[1][2][6] Market forces like AWS integrations, multi-cloud growth, and sectors digitizing (e.g., finance, healthcare) favor it, as teams prioritize safe scaling over rigid releases.[3][6] Post-acquisition by Harness, Split influences the ecosystem by embedding advanced flags into full-lifecycle platforms, boosting adoption of impact-driven development and setting standards for experimentation in enterprise software.[1][3]
Under Harness since May 2024, Split's platform will likely expand via AI enhancements for predictive releases, deeper metrics, and unified dashboards, capitalizing on Harness's delivery-as-a-service momentum. Trends like generative AI testing, zero-trust security, and edge computing will shape it, potentially growing influence through open ecosystems and global enterprise wins. As feature management matures into core infrastructure, Split—now supercharged—positions engineering teams to ship faster and smarter, transforming risky deploys into reliable innovation engines.
Split Software has raised $110.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Split Software's investors include Accel, Acrew Capital, Avenir, Dell Technologies Capital, Eaglehead Capital, Emergence Capital, EQT Ventures, H.I.G. Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12, Norwest Venture Partners.
Split Software has raised $110.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $50.0M Series D in August 2021.