Sentry — Startup Profile

Application performance monitoring built for developers

HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2011 | Employees: Not publicly disclosed | Stage: Growth-stage, venture-backed | Website: https://sentry.io

About

Sentry provides error tracking, performance monitoring, release health, and developer observability tools. It helps engineering teams identify problems in production and connect them to the code, releases, and users affected.

The Take

Sentry's developer-first product sits close to the source of truth for software quality, which can create strong work process retention. It operates in a competitive observability market and must continue expanding from error tracking into broader performance and AI-assisted debugging without losing its focused developer experience.

Key Metrics

• Founded: 2011
• Founders: David Cramer; Chris Jennings
• Latest signal: Sentry expands developer observability and AI-assisted debugging
• Products: 4

Funding Rounds

• Round: $90M (2022-05) — BOND and Accel

Key People

• David Cramer
• Chris Jennings

Key Competitors

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• Specialist startups —

Timeline Highlights

• 2022-05: Series E
• 2011: Founded

Recent News

• Sentry expands developer observability and AI-assisted debugging — Business Insider (2025-05-06)
  Sentry continues to broaden its platform beyond error tracking while maintaining a developer-first workflow.

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