The 10 Coolest Virtualization Startups Of 2015

Delphix

CEO: Jedidiah Yueh

Delphix sells technology that shares a single copy of a database across multiple cloud-based instances by using virtualization, which speeds the process of setting up new databases. The 7-year-old startup landed a $75 million Series D round of funding in July led by Fidelity Management and Research Co., and has raised nearly $120 million overall.

Delphix claims to have many Fortune 500 firms as customers, and it also has partnerships with Amazon Web Services, VMware, Dell, SAP and other vendors. Its technology works with databases from Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, SAP and a range of other technologies.

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based startup said in July that it plans to use the funding to expand its sales and marketing functions around the world. Although data virtualization is still a small market, the interest Delphix has attracted from investors suggests that it's poised to see some serious growth in the coming years.