
Zurich's Namespace Raises $42M Series B for Developer Build Infrastructure
The Zurich-founded startup closed a $42 million round just seven months after its Series A, aiming to serve both developers and AI coding agents.
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Namespace, a Zurich-founded developer infrastructure company, has raised $42 million (around €37 million) in a Series B round, closing the deal only seven months after completing its Series A.
Founded in 2022 by Hugo Santos, a former principal engineer at Google, Namespace operates a platform designed to speed up software teams' build and test workflows across Mac, Windows, and Linux. Its goal is to let engineering teams develop software faster without having to manage the underlying infrastructure themselves. The company is positioning itself as an infrastructure layer for AI coding agents, enabling both developers and agents to build, test, and run code more quickly.
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