Seattle startup Esper raises $30M to grow DevOps platform for IoT device fleets May 19, 2021 at 9:12 pm Members of the Esper team, including CEO Yadhu Gopalan (center, in vest). (Esper Photo) New funding: Seattle startup Esper landed a $30 million investment to fuel its fast-growing technology that helps companies manage their cloud-based IoT devices. The software: Founded in 2018, Esper is a DevOps platform for customers that manage fleets of company-owned Android devices. The 100-person startup helps companies with development, deployment, and maintenance of devices such as point-of-sale tablets, connected-fitness devices, and ticketing kiosks. The idea is to beef up traditional mobile device management (MDM) software with modern DevOps capabilities.