Profile

Solomon Hykes

Location: USA

Solomon Hykes is a co-founder and serves as CEO and board member of Dagger. He was a co-founder and board member of Docker. He is also a member of the PostHog board of directors.

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#640

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49

Investments

18

Exits

6
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Overview
About Solomon Hykes
Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Location USA

Solomon Hykes is a co-founder and serves as CEO and board member of Dagger. He was a co-founder and board member of Docker. He is also a member of the PostHog board of directors. In his role at Docker, he focuses on creating a platform for developers and system administrators to build, deliver, run and orchestrate distributed applications. As a graduate of Forbes 30 Under 30 and YCombinator, Solomon ran dotCloud as CEO for five years, handling fundraising, business operations and product launches before focusing entirely on Docker. Prior to dotCloud, Solomon held positions as an engineer, IT infrastructure manager and software developer at CEIS and SmartJog. Solomon ran dotCloud as CEO for 5 years, handling fundraising, business operations, and product launches before focusing entirely on Docker. Prior to that, he worked as a trusted infrastructure engineer at CEIS. He holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in information technology from the European Institute of Technology. He works as an advisor at Undefined Labs.

Professional Experience

Co-Founder

Dagger (March 2019 – Present) Development of next-generation CI/CD platform focusing on modular pipelines and solving bottlenecks in the software factory. Leading innovation in developer workflows and platform engineering solutions.

Docker, Inc. (November 2007 – Present)

  • Co-Founder (2007 – Present) Initially launched as DotCloud, a second-generation platform-as-a-service enabling developers to deploy and scale applications with unprecedented flexibility. The platform allowed developers to choose from various languages, databases, caching, and messaging components while maintaining full control of their technology stack.
  • Chief Technology Officer (July 2013 – January 2018) Led technical vision and development of Docker, an open platform enabling developers and system administrators to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Drove innovation in containerization technology that revolutionized application deployment.
  • Chief Executive Officer (November 2007 – July 2013) Founded and led the company through its initial growth phase, establishing Docker as a pioneering force in container technology and cloud computing.

Solutions Engineer

SmartJog (September 2006 – November 2007) 

Provided technical solutions and engineering expertise for digital delivery network services in Los Angeles.

Trusted Infrastructure Engineer

CEIS (May 2004 – September 2006) 

Specialized in development and maintenance of secure infrastructure systems.

Tech Mentor & Instructor, Self-employed (January 2003 – May 2004) Independent technical consulting and education services, focusing on software development and infrastructure technology.

Investment Portfolio

  1. Kapa.ai
    • Deal Date: October 3, 2024
    • Deal Type: Seed Round
    • Industry: Software Development Applications
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  2. Depot
    • Deal Date: August 22, 2024
    • Industry: Software Development Applications
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  3. Replicate
    • Deal Date: July 12, 2023
    • Industry: Software Development Applications
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  4. Playground
    • Deal Date: July 5, 2023
    • Industry: Multimedia and Design Software
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  5. Gladia
    • Deal Date: June 19, 2023
    • Industry: Business/Productivity Software
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  6. Astral
    • Deal Date: April 20, 2023
    • Industry: Business/Productivity Software
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  7. Cubzh
    • Deal Date: December 6, 2022
    • Industry: Entertainment Software
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  8. Positive
    • Deal Date: August 12, 2022
    • Industry: Food Products
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  9. Nextron Energia
    • Deal Date: May 17, 2022
    • Deal Type: Seed Round
    • Industry: Other Energy Services
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue
  10. Supabase
    • Deal Date: September 9, 2021
    • Deal Type: Early Stage VC
    • Industry: Software Development Applications
    • Company Stage: Generating Revenue

Education

EPITECH – European Institute of Technology

  • Masters degree, Information Technology (2004-2006)
    • Activities: Security challenge organizer, C/Unix teacher assistant, Information Security chief teacher assistant

IFIP

  • Project Manager degree, Information Technology (2004-2005)

Technical Expertise

  • Cloud Computing (36 endorsements)
  • Python (19 endorsements)
  • Container Technologies
  • Distributed Systems
  • Platform Engineering

Contact Information

  • Location: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

LinkedIn Connections: 500+

– Professional Followers: 9,024

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Series A
$70M
32,14
$2 250M

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