Bitrise
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Bitrise is a cloud-based continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform designed for mobile application development.[1] Founded in Budapest, Hungary, in 2014, the company automates build, test, and deployment processes for iOS, Android, and cross-platform mobile applications.[2] Bitrise was the first Hungarian company accepted into the Y Combinator accelerator programme, joining the Winter 2017 batch.[3][4] The company had raised approximately $100 million in venture capital funding by 2021, from investors including Insight Partners, Partech, Open Ocean, Y Combinator, and Ashton Kutcher.[5][6][7]
History
[edit]Bitrise was co-founded in October 2014 by Barnabas Birmacher, Daniel Balla, and Viktor Benei as a spinoff from Bitfall, a mobile application development agency based in Budapest.[3] The platform was developed to automate mobile build, test, and deployment processes.[2][8]
Y Combinator and international expansion
[edit]In early 2017, Bitrise was accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch, becoming the first Hungarian company to participate in the programme. Following Y Combinator, the company opened offices in San Francisco, Boston, and Tokyo, in addition to its existing London office, established in 2015. In 2020, the company transitioned to a remote-first operational model.[9]
Funding and investment
[edit]Bitrise raised $3.2 million in Series A funding in 2017, led by Open Ocean, with participation from Y Combinator and Fiedler Capital. A $20 million Series B round followed in 2019, led by Partech, with participation from new investor Zobito and existing investors.[10]
In 2019, actor and venture investor Ashton Kutcher made an angel investment in Bitrise through Oktogon Ventures, a fund co-founded by former Ustream founder Gyula Feher.[11][12]
In November 2021, the company closed a $60 million Series C round led by Insight Partners, bringing total funding to approximately $100 million.[13][14] As part of the Series C investment, Josh Zelman of Insight Partners joined the company's board of directors.
Acquisitions
[edit]In March 2019, Bitrise acquired Outlyer, a San Francisco-based monitoring and analytics startup, adding real-time metrics and monitoring capabilities to its platform.[15] In October 2022, Bitrise acquired Flare. Build, a company providing backend services for the Bazel build system, including distributed build caching infrastructure.[16][17]
Products and services
[edit]Bitrise offers a cloud-based devops platform for mobile application development.[18] The platform includes continuous integration and delivery tools, a build cache system for reducing build times, a monitoring and analytics tool called Bitrise Insights, and release management features for distributing applications to app stores. Users can define automated workflows using either a visual editor or YAML configuration files. The platform supports a library of open-source integration steps for third-party tools including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, Firebase, and Fastlane.[19][20][21]
References
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- 1 2 Hall, Christine (2021-11-23). "Bitrise grabs $60M to keep companies updated with constantly changing mobile requirements". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- 1 2 Butcher, Mike (2017-07-31). "Bitrise raises $3.2M A led by OpenOcean to attack the complexity of building apps". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ Béni, Alexandra (2017-03-10). "A Hungarian company is part of the world's greatest investment programme". dailynewshungary.com. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ "Hungarian founded, Y Combinator grad Bitrise raises $60 million". Tech.eu. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ "Bitrise hooks $60M as mobile app development skyrockets". VentureBeat. 2021-11-23. Archived from the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ "Ashton Kutcher invests in Hungaryʼs Bitrise - Budapest Business Journal". bbj.hu. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ "Bitrise raises $20 million for mobile continuous integration and delivery".
- ↑ "About Bitrise | The Mobile DevOps Plaftorm". bitrise.io. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ Kovacs, Peter (2019-06-20). "Budapest-based Bitrise secures $20 million Series B investment | EU-Startups". EU-Startups. Archived from the original on 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ "Ashton Kutcher invests in Hungarian startup".
- ↑ "Former Ustream founder's new investment firm, first deal done with Ashton Kutcher".
- ↑ "Bitrise, A Continuous Delivery Platform For Mobile Apps, Raises $60M In Series C Funding". CB Insights Research. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ FinSMEs (2021-11-25). "Bitrise Raises $60M in Series C Funding". FinSMEs. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ Loritz, Mary (2019-03-13). "Budapest-based DevOps platform Bitrise acquires Outlyer to support mobile monitoring and analytics | EU-Startups". EU-Startups. Archived from the original on 2025-07-22. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ Barron, Jenna (2022-10-11). "Bitrise to acquire Bazel-based company Flare.Build". SD Times. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ Haggar, Veronica (2022-10-13). "Bitrise Acquires Flare.Build to Provide Companies of Any Size an Integrated Solution for Bazel". DevOps.com. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ Rubinstein, David (2021-08-02). "DevOps for mobile applications". SD Times. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
- ↑ Kuttig, Alexander Benedikt (2022-10-31). Professional React Native: Expert techniques and solutions for building high-quality, cross-platform, production-ready apps. Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-80056-119-9.
- ↑ Chintale, Pradeep (2023-12-29). DevOps Design Pattern: Implementing DevOps best practices for secure and reliable CI/CD pipeline (English Edition). BPB Publications. ISBN 978-93-5551-992-4.
- ↑ "Bitrise Bridges GitHub's Mobile Performance Gap with New Purpose-Built Infrastructure: Bitrise Build Hub".