# John Kodumal (slim)

> John Kodumal is co-founder. LaunchDarkly on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder.

John Kodumal co-founded LaunchDarkly, the feature management platform, with Edith Harbaugh in 2014. He was previously a development manager at Atlassian, leading engineering for the Atlassian Marketplace, and an architect at Coverity working on static and dynamic analysis.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkodumal/

## What John builds

- [LaunchDarkly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/launchdarkly.md), graded B, 69.3/100, in Product analytics & experimentation. LaunchDarkly is a hosted feature flag and experimentation platform from Catamorphic, Co., with observability and AI configuration products. Agents reach it through an official hosted MCP server with OAuth and a REST API with a public OpenAPI spec. Co-founder, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Edith Harbaugh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edith-harbaugh/), Co-founder and CEO
- [Jonathan Nolen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jonathan-nolen/), Chief Product Officer

## Backed by

- [Uncork Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/uncork-capital/)
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)
- [500 Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/500-global/)
- [Cervin Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cervin-ventures/)
- [DFJ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dfj/)
- [Redpoint Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/redpoint-ventures/)
- [Vertex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex/)
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)
- [Nancy Ramamurthi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nancy-ramamurthi/)
- [Will Aldrich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/will-aldrich/)
- [Andy Chou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andy-chou/)
- [Josh Wold](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/josh-wold/)
- [Paul Loomis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/paul-loomis/)
- [Ravi Chandrasekaran](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ravi-chandrasekaran/)
- [Giles Goodwin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/giles-goodwin/)
- [Sean Byrnes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sean-byrnes/)
- [Andy McLoughlin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andy-mcloughlin/)
- [Dave Johnson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dave-johnson/)
- [Erik Eccles](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/erik-eccles/)
- [Patrick Linskey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/patrick-linskey/)
- [Matt Cutler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matt-cutler/)
- [Neeraj Gupta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/neeraj-gupta/)
- [Preetish Nijhawan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preetish-nijhawan/)

## Questions

### Who is John Kodumal?

John Kodumal co-founded LaunchDarkly, the feature management platform, with Edith Harbaugh in 2014. He was previously a development manager at Atlassian, leading engineering for the Atlassian Marketplace, and an architect at Coverity working on static and dynamic analysis.

### What does Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly) make?

Anchor Terminal lists LaunchDarkly from Catamorphic, Co.

### Who has invested in Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)?

The sources our research read name Uncork Capital, Bloomberg Beta, 500 Global, Cervin Ventures, DFJ, Redpoint Ventures, Vertex, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nancy Ramamurthi, Will Aldrich, Andy Chou, Josh Wold, Paul Loomis, Ravi Chandrasekaran, Giles Goodwin, Sean Byrnes, Andy McLoughlin, Dave Johnson, Erik Eccles, Patrick Linskey, Matt Cutler, Neeraj Gupta and Preetish Nijhawan.

### How are John's tools graded?

LaunchDarkly is graded B, 69.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://launchdarkly.com/about-us/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/edithharbaugh/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkodumal/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jnolen/
- https://launchdarkly.com/
- https://support.launchdarkly.com/
- https://launchdarkly.com/contact-us/

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.