Form 8-K

8-K — DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

Accession: 0001104659-26-086342

Filed: 2026-07-23

Period: 2026-07-23

CIK: 0001582961

SIC: 7370 (SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC.)

Item: Other Events

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):

July 23, 2026

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-40252

45-5207470

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

105 Edgeview Drive, Suite 425

Broomfield, Colorado

80021

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(646) 827-4366

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former

address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications

pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant

to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications

pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications

pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of

the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.000025 per share

DOCN

The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant

is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check

mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting

standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 8.01

Other Events.

A copy of the opinion of Freshfields

US LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of shares of common stock of DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”),

offered pursuant to the Company’s prospectus supplement dated July 15, 2026, is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 to this

Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

5.1

Opinion of Freshfields US LLP

23.1

Consent of Freshfields US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned

hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: July 23, 2026

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

By:

/s/ W. Matthew Steinfort

W. Matthew Steinfort, Chief Financial Officer

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Silicon Valley

‎

855 Main Street

Redwood City, CA 94063

T ‎+1 (650) 618-9250‎

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DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

105 Edgeview Drive, Suite 425

Broomfield, CO 80021

July 23, 2026

Ladies and Gentlemen:

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.‎, a Delaware

corporation (the “Company”), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)

a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. ‎333-294563‎) (the “Registration Statement”)

for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), certain

securities, including up to 12,543,915 shares of its common stock, par value $0.000025 per share (the “Securities”),

to be sold pursuant to the share purchase agreements dated July 14, 2026 and July 15, 2026 by and among the Company and the

purchasers party thereto (the “Share Purchase Agreements”).

We, as your counsel, have examined originals or

copies of such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments and certificates or comparable documents of public

officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and such other persons, and we have made such other investigations, as we

have deemed necessary or advisable as a basis for the opinion expressed below.

In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have

assumed, without independent inquiry or investigation, that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete;

(ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals; (iii) all signatures on all documents

that we reviewed are genuine; (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so; (v) all

statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations

made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.

Based upon the foregoing, we advise you that,

in our opinion, when the Securities have been issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Share

Purchase Agreements, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We are members of the Bar of the State of New

York, and the opinion expressed herein is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The opinion expressed herein

is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. We do

not undertake to advise you of changes in law or facts that may come to our attention after the date of this letter.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion

as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof and its incorporation by reference into

the Registration Statement and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus

supplement relating to the Securities, which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we

are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations

of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Freshfields US LLP

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