COMPANY PROFILE · UPDATED 19 OCT 2026

Tailscale

Tailscale want to help everyone create their own secure networks built around their social connections. Whether you want to connect with your friends to play Minecraft, your family members to share files and photos, or your coworkers to…

Toronto

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Developer Tools & Infrastructure Cloud & Application Security Identity & Access Software Companies Series C Computer Hardware Companies Software As A Service Companies

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Founded: 2019
Headcount: 148
Open roles: 61
Last raised: Series C

LOCATIONS

Where they work

Tailscale offices

Toronto

FUNDING

Capital raised

Investors

Accel Insight Partners Anthony Casalena CRV Cyber Mentor Fund Emilio Escobar George Kurtz Heavybit Inovia Capital Stephanie Schatz Friedman Uncork Capital

Funding rounds

Series C
Accel, Insight Partners, Uncork Capital, Heavybit, CRV, Anthony Casalena, George Kurtz
CA$230MApr 7, 2025
Series B
CRV, Insight Partners, Uncork Capital, Heavybit, Accel, Emilio Escobar, Cyber Mentor Fund
$100MMay 3, 2022
Series A
Accel, Uncork Capital, Heavybit
$12MNov 9, 2020
Seed
Heavybit, Uncork Capital, Inovia Capital, Stephanie Schatz Friedman
$3MApr 4, 2020

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TECH STACK

How Tailscale builds

Extracted from Tailscale’s job postings we’ve tracked

×N is how many of Tailscale’s open roles mention that technology.

DevOps & Infrastructure

Docker/Kubernetes×9 Windows×8 Ansible×7 Terraform×7 GitHub×6 Linux×6 AWS CloudFormation×5 Pulumi×5

Programming Languages

Go×21 Rust×7 Python×6 HTML/CSS×4

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web Services×11 Google Cloud×7 Microsoft Azure×7

Databases

SQL×9 Snowflake×4

Security & Identity

PAM×7

Collaboration & Productivity

Jira×5

CRM & Sales Tools

Salesforce×5

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OPEN ROLES

Hiring at Tailscale

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Avery Pennarun

Software engineer

TailscaleGoogleVersabankPacific & Western Bank of CanEQL DataThe Navarra GroupUniversity of Waterloo

bradfitz Brad Fitzpatrick

American computer programmer

TailscaleGoogleSix ApartLiveJournalOpenID FoundationDanga InteractiveUniversity of WashingtonAloha High SchoolLesley University

David Crawshaw

CTO at Tailscale

TailscaleGoogleNICTAUniversity of York - Research Excellence Training Team - RETTinetafneugramUniversity of SydneyOklahoma State University

David Carney

Canadian business executive

TailscaleFormatForm & MethodThe Navarra GroupUnspace InteractiveMate1.comUniversity of TorontoUniversity of WaterlooChartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)

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