Solomon Hykes Overview
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Angel
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Active
- Professionals
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1
- Investments
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29
- Portfolio
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20
- Exits
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6
Solomon Hykes General Information
Description
Mr. Solomon Hykes is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Dagger. Mr. Hykes co-founded & served as a Board Member at Docker. He also served as Board Member at PostHog. In his role at Docker, he is focused on building a platform for developers and system administrators to build, ship, run, and orchestrate distributed applications. A Forbes 30 under 30 and YCombinator alumni, he led dotCloud as CEO through five years of fundraising, business operations, and product launches before focusing entirely on Docker. Prior to dotCloud, he held engineering, IT infrastructure management, and software development roles at CEIS and SmartJog. He led dotCloud as CEO through 5 years of fundraising, business operations, and product launches before focusing entirely on Docker. Before that, he served as a Trusted Infrastructure Engineer at CEIS. He received his Masters Degree and Bachelors Degree in Information Technology from the European Institute of Technology. He serves as an Advisor at Undefined Labs.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Solomon Hykes Investments (29)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| Plakar | 15-May-2025 | Seed Round | Storage (IT) | Generating Revenue | ||
| Kapa.ai | 03-Oct-2024 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | |||
| Depot | 22-Aug-2024 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | |||
| Replicate | 12-Jul-2023 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | |||
| Playground (Multimedia and Design Software) | 05-Jul-2023 | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Gladia | 19-Jun-2023 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Astral (Business/Productivity Software) | 20-Apr-2023 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Yuma | 28-Mar-2023 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Cubzh | 06-Dec-2022 | Seed Round | Entertainment Software | Startup | ||
| Positive | 12-Aug-2022 | Later Stage VC | Food Products | Generating Revenue |
Solomon Hykes Exits (6)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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| Fuzzbuzz | 03-Jan-2023 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Agricool | 31-Mar-2022 | ||
| Streamlit | 31-Mar-2022 | ||
| Hull | 30-Mar-2021 | ||
| Undefined Labs | 06-Aug-2020 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Zenly | 01-May-2017 | Merger/Acquisition |
Solomon Hykes Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
Solomon Hykes Co-Investors (149)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Y Combinator | 4 |
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Solomon Hykes FAQs
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Who is Solomon Hykes?
Solomon Hykes is an angel Investor who has made 29 investments.
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What kind of investor is Solomon Hykes?
Solomon Hykes is an angel investor.
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What does Solomon Hykes do?
As an angel investor, Solomon Hykes invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Solomon Hykes invested in?
Solomon Hykes has made numerous investments in companies like Plakar, Kapa.ai, and Depot within the Storage (IT) and Software Development Applications industries.
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What has Solomon Hykes invested in recently?
Solomon Hykes's latest investment was on 15-May-2025 in Plakar, a company within the Storage (IT) industry.
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