OpenHands, a Boston, MA–based open platform for cloud coding agents, has raised $18.8 million in Series A funding.
Investors
The round was led by Madrona, with participation from Menlo Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Fujitsu Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.
Madrona is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington. It specializes in early-stage investments in technology companies, primarily in the Pacific Northwest but also across the United States. Madrona invests in a wide range of technology sectors, including AI, intelligent applications, cloud computing, data and infrastructure, and security. In addition to capital, Madrona provides support to its portfolio companies in areas such as recruiting, marketing, and product development.
OpenHands Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to accelerate development of its model-agnostic cloud agent platform, enabling large-scale, secure, and autonomous software development, and to advance its collaboration with AMD for optimized agent performance.
About OpenHands
Founded by Robert Brennan, Xingyao Wang, and Graham Neubig, OpenHands offers an open-source, enterprise-secure platform for cloud-based coding agents. It automates repetitive development tasks, including dependency updates, unit tests, merge conflict resolution, and code refactors. It’s model-agnostic, runs agents securely in sandboxed environments, and scales from local use to large enterprise deployments. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, OpenHands’ mission is to make software development more open, human-centered, and safe, enabling engineering teams to delegate real work to autonomous agents with full visibility and control.
Funding Details
Company: OpenHands
Raised: $18.8M
Round: Series A
Funding Date: 2025
Lead Investor: Madrona
Additional Investors: Menlo Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Fujitsu Ventures, Alumni Ventures
Company Website: https://openhands.dev/
Software Category: Cloud Coding Agents / Developer AI Tools
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251118768131/en