Chris Matarese is a co-founder and president of NinjaOne. NinjaOne was founded in 2013 and is based in Austin, Texas.
His partnership with Sal Sferlazza goes back to 2001, when they co-founded Realm Interactive. The studio built the online game Exarch. NCSoft acquired Realm in 2004 and the game shipped as Dungeon Runners.
NinjaOne has grown fast. It raised a $231M Series C at $1.9B in February 2024 and a $400M round at $12.3B in 2026.
In January 2025 it agreed to buy Dropsuite for $252M. The deal closed in June 2025.