Athenian

The company is not alone in trying to provide analytics for software development, but competitors like Jellyfish and Code Climate, which focus on individual performance, are criticised for feeling like surveillance software for employees. Its reach is wide; by integrating with GitHub, Jira, and CI/CD tools, Athenian gives engineering leaders end-to-end visibility into their entire development process.

The founder of Athenian has very specific rules for who can invest in his company; hence it is likely that recent seed funding will be fully optimised for company growth. This is also a marker of the ambitious and confident business model he has laid out, one which does not settle for anything below standard.