23 Technologies

What 23 Technologies does

23 Technologies GmbH is a privately held German cloud-native software company headquartered in Stuttgart (Teckstraße 62, 70190 Stuttgart; HRB 776151), led by Managing Director Christian Berendt. The company sells a modular portfolio of Kubernetes-centric products designed to be used independently to avoid vendor lock-in: 23KE, an enterprise-class Kubernetes engine based on the open source Gardener project for industrial and cloud service provider use cases; 23MKS, a managed Kubernetes service running on hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and OpenStack-based CSPs such as City Cloud; and 23REP, a runtime extension platform built on Kyma that bundles serverless, microservices, Istio service mesh, and observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, Loki, Kiali) with domain-specific offerings for data processing, HPC, blockchain, and IoT. The firm also delivers professional services around Kubernetes, Gardener, and cloud-native implementations.

23 Technologies monetizes through subscription/recurring licenses for 23KE and 23REP, managed services revenue from 23MKS, and professional services engagements, all priced on a quote-based, contact-driven model via [email protected] on annual billing cadence. Go-to-market is sales-led and consultative, targeting industrial enterprises (manufacturing, transport & logistics, infrastructure, traffic, healthcare, public administration, energy, environment), cloud service providers, and software organizations modernizing to cloud-native architectures. Marketing is conducted through technical blogging, open source contributions to Gardener/Kyma/Flux, hackathon participation, and positioning within the Gaia-X European digital sovereignty initiative and the OSB Alliance.

The company claims "global first" reach and operates its own servers in Germany, but the input data contains no disclosed revenue, headcount, funding rounds, or confirmed paying enterprise customers — only five publicly named Gardener adopters (SAP, T-Systems, Stackit, Fits, and others) who are upstream open source users rather than confirmed 23 Technologies buyers. Its strategic posture is built on three pillars: deep open source community contribution, modular anti-lock-in product architecture, and alignment with European digital sovereignty and sustainability agendas.

Name

23 Technologies

Legal name

23 Technologies GmbH

Website

https://23technologies.cloud

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

23 Technologies GmbH is a Stuttgart-based cloud-native software vendor selling modular Kubernetes products (23KE, 23MKS, 23REP) built on Gardener and Kyma to industrial enterprises, cloud service providers, and public-sector customers pursuing European digital sovereignty and open source IT.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Kubernetes Management & Cloud Native Infrastructure

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDABADAF

Container Platforms & Orchestration (Kubernetes)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Compute Infrastructure (Servers, Virtualization, Containers)

SECONDARYHDABAAAB

Managed Container Platforms (Kubernetes & Container PaaS)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Public Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

SECONDARYHDABABAC

Kubernetes & Container Platform Management (Private Cloud)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Private Cloud & Cloud Management Platforms

SECONDARYBPAEAKAE

Cloud-Native Enablement (Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh)

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/DevOps, Platform Engineering & SRE Services

Keywords

• Kubernetes management platform
• Managed Kubernetes services
• Cloud native platforms
• Runtime extension platform
• Enterprise Kubernetes engine

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Managed Kubernetes Services (23MKS): Managed Kubernetes service where 23 Technologies handles Kubernetes and all underlying infrastructure. Customers can select hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) or OpenStack-based CSPs when creating clusters.
2. 23KE Enterprise Kubernetes Engine: Enterprise-class Kubernetes engine licensing/provisioning for industrial use cases and cloud service providers. Offered with professional services and support.
3. 23REP Runtime Extension Platform: Platform for deploying runtime extensions with domain-specific bundles for data processing, HPC, blockchain, and IoT. Offered as bundled services.
4. Professional Services: Professional services for Kubernetes, Gardener, and cloud native implementations. Includes support for daily operations routine of Kubernetes clusters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

23 Technologies builds and operates enterprise-class cloud native platforms for Kubernetes management and application extension. Its core offerings are 23KE (an enterprise Kubernetes engine based on the open source Gardener project), 23MKS (a managed Kubernetes service deployable across hyperscalers and OpenStack clouds), and 23REP (a runtime extension platform based on Kyma for deploying serverless and microservices extensions). The products are modular and can be purchased independently, with professional services and support sold alongside them.

Product overview

23 Technologies offers a modular portfolio of cloud-native products centered around Kubernetes and container orchestration. The core offerings include: 23KE (enterprise-class Kubernetes Engine built on Gardener), 23MKS (managed Kubernetes service based on 23KE), and 23REP (runtime extension platform built on Kyma). Products are completely modular and can be used independently to avoid vendor lock-ins. The company is actively involved in Gaia-X and committed to data-sovereign Europe through open-source software development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 23REP (Runtime Extension Platform)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% Kubernetes compliant with homogeneous cluster deployments across multi-cloud environments
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gaia-XcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive collaboration with Gaia-X European data sovereignty initiative. 23 Technologies is committed to a data-sovereign Europe and positions its products as key building blocks for Gaia-X infrastructure. The Gardener project (core of 23KE) is listed as a key building block in Gaia-X for the new Infrastructure as a Service layer in the digital sovereignty layer model by acatech.
• Gardener (SAP)coreTechnology or Integration23KE is based on the open source Gardener project managed by SAP. 23 Technologies actively contributes to Gardener development and has deep integration with the Gardener ecosystem. The company participated in Gardener hackathons and developed extensions like gardener-extension-shoot-flux, gardener-extension-mwe, and gardener-chart-releaser.
• Kyma (SAP)coreTechnology or Integration23REP runtime extension platform is built on top of Kyma enterprise product. Kyma provides the foundation for serverless and microservice runtime extensions with built-in service mesh (Istio), monitoring, tracing, and logging capabilities.
• OSB AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of OSB Alliance (Open Source Business Alliance), supporting open source software development and digital sovereignty in Europe.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Red Hat (OpenShift): Red Hat OpenShift is a broad Kubernetes application platform with enterprise support, containerization, and CI/CD. Broader incumbent competing for the same enterprise Kubernetes spend that 23 Technologies targets.
• SAP (Gardener / Kyma): SAP develops and stewards the open source Gardener and Kyma projects that 23 Technologies builds upon. Serves as both upstream steward and an indirect competitor offering integrated SAP-managed Kubernetes deployments.

Regional players

• SysEleven: German managed cloud provider offering managed Kubernetes and sovereign cloud services. Competitor in the European data-sovereign Kubernetes market, particularly for DACH-region customers.

Emerging players

• Diamanti: Diamanti provides enterprise Kubernetes platform with integrated networking, storage, and security. Comparable as a niche Kubernetes infrastructure provider targeting enterprise deployments.
• Weaveworks: Weaveworks pioneered GitOps and enterprise Kubernetes platforms using Flux (the same project integrated by 23 Technologies). Indirect competitor and ecosystem overlapping peer in GitOps-driven Kubernetes operations.
• Kyma project (SAP): SAP-led open source project providing runtime extension platform on Kubernetes, which forms the foundation of 23REP. Overlap as a directly comparable runtime extension platform offering in the cloud-native ecosystem.

Direct peers

• SUSE (Rancher): SUSE acquired Rancher Labs to offer enterprise Kubernetes management (Rancher, Rancher Desktop) and cloud-native platforms. Direct competitor to 23KE for enterprise Kubernetes management, especially in European regulated markets.
• Mirantis: Mirantis delivers managed Kubernetes (Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, formerly Docker Enterprise) and cloud-native platform services. Directly comparable to 23MKS managed Kubernetes service and 23KE enterprise engine.
• Giant Swarm: Germany-based (Cologne) Kubernetes platform provider offering managed Kubernetes and consulting for enterprise cloud-native deployments. Directly comparable as European-focused Kubernetes specialist.
• Platform9: Platform9 provides managed Kubernetes on any cloud or on-prem infrastructure with SaaS-based management. Direct competitor to 23MKS, offering multi-cloud Kubernetes management with similar avoidance of hyperscaler lock-in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/23technologies
• Xx.com/23t10s

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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