Canonical (company)
![Ubuntu, the company's main product](/Images/godic/202501/03/Ubuntu_12.04_Final_Live_CD_Screenshot0743.png")
![Mark Shuttleworth (standing) and other Canonical employees discuss Launchpad at a design sprint in Germany](/Images/godic/202501/03/Mark-shuttleworth-launchpad-wiesbaden-big0743.jpg")
![Ubuntu Developer Summit October 2011](/Images/godic/202501/03/20111102-145438-UDSPrecise-XL0743.jpg")
Canonical Ltd. is a UK-based privately held computer software company founded (and funded) by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects. Canonical employs staff in more than 30 countries and maintains offices in London, Boston, Taipei, Montreal, Shanghai, São Paulo and the Isle of Man.