# Marco Palladino

> Marco Palladino is a seed investor at Kong backing Software and Mobile Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Kong
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marcopalladino
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/subnetmarco
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcopalladino

Marco Palladino is a seed investor at Kong in San Francisco focused on Software and Mobile Apps. Marco Palladino is the Co-Founder and CTO of Kong Inc. He previously worked at Mashape API Marketplace as a Co-Founder and CTO. Marco attended the University of Milan.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Open Source | 1 | 33% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 33% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| France | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile.dev | mobile.dev is setting a new standard for mobile development, empowering all companies to deliver high-quality mobile applications. | $3M | Seed | Jul 14, 2021 |  |
| Wasmer | Wasmer was founded to solve problems we faced ourselves every day. Now, we strive to contribute to developers around the world so they can reach their full potential - and they do it with a smile :) Their team is distributed but connected by a culture of diligence, amplified by the passion we have for their shared mission. They care and value oneanother. |  | Seed | Jan 05, 2021 |  |
| Strapi | Strapi is an open-source software helping developers to easily build, deploy, and manage APIs. Its open-source headless CMS provides backend functionality for applications and gives developers the freedom to use the tools of their choice for front-end frameworks. It’s called headless because the frontend is not part of the CMS, but there’s an APIfor content to show up on different devices.The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France. | $10M | Series A | May 20, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cowboy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowboy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zero Prime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-community-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forumventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kong

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Kong powers APIs and microservices with the world's most popular open source API gateway and industry-leading service connectivity platform. Kong is funded by leading VC firms, including Index Ventures, a16z, CRV, GGV, Tiger Global, Stanford University, Jeff Bezos, and Eric Schmidt.

5 contacts available at Kong.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Augusto Marietti | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augusto-marietti |
| Marco Palladino | Co-Founder & CTO | — |
| Anders Ranum | Investor | — |
| Brad Drysdale | Principal Solutions Engineer & Field CTO - APJ | — |
| Dror Berman | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dror-berman |

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## FAQ

### What does Marco Palladino invest in?

Marco Palladino invests primarily in Software, Mobile Apps and Open Source startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Marco Palladino?

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### When did Marco Palladino last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marco Palladino closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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