RALEIGH – CloudBees, with offices and employees around the world, is digging deeper roots in North Carolina with the expansion and renovation of its office on N.C. State’s Centennial Campus.

The company develops an end-to-end automated software delivery system to help organizations make code changes easily and quickly.

“Every company in every industry is realizing it has to get really good at software for them to compete,” said CloudBees CEO and cofounder

Sacha Labourey

 

This is where CloudBees comes in.

“Software development in most organizations is a very complicated process,” said Labourey. “For some organizations it can take 18 months. Our solution enables automation and creates a workflow so that development doesn’t take a month or three months.”

The company’s proprietary products work on top of open source software.

Today, says CloudBees CFO Matt Parson, every company, from banks to car manufacturers, is in the business of software development. By automating the process, CloudBees is helping companies adapt to this new environment.

The need for automation in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is behind CloudBees’ tremendous growth and its acquisition last year of the SaaS [software-as-a-service] based product CodeShip.

Matthew Parson

“Increasingly in the automated software world, more and more companies are interested in SaaS-based solutions,” said Parsons. “CodeShip solved the same problem that we historically solved but in a different way. It offers a faster onboarding of customers who don’t want to manage the software.”

In 2018, the company also raised $62 million, which it will use to continue to grow its offerings.

“We are really going to focus on the product side of the house,” said Parson. “Of course, we will invest in sales and marketing, but product development is a key aspect of how we are going to use the funding.”

The company has no plans to raise additional funds this year.

“Given that we raised funding in June 2018, there is not a current need for additional funding,” said Parson. “But as a fast growing company and a company that is constantly evaluating potential M&A as part of our growth strategy, we are continuously monitoring the need and opportunity for funding.”

Last year, the company also added 200 new employees, most of whom are not office-based. However, the company maintains offices in Switzerland, Richmond V.A., San Jose and Raleigh, where it will focus much of its employee recruitment efforts.

“Raleigh is an important hub,” said Parson. “There are a lot of talented people here, and there are some great universities here. Raleigh as a key hub will be one of the places we will hire more office-based employees. We will also continue to hire the best talent wherever we can find it.”

In anticipation of its growth in Raleigh, the company recently renovated its office at Centennial Campus, where 40 employees currently work.

“About two months ago, our Raleigh office was not very functional,” said Parson. “Raleigh is an important hub that is super functional and will allow us to grow here and add meeting spaces. As we continue to drive growth across the company, we will continue to grow here in Raleigh.”