Comments on: Engine Yard, a Rails application support company, gets backing from Benchmark

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Twitter to jump off Ruby on Rails? » VentureBeat — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:13:57 +0000

[...] development has been building. In the last few months, Benchmark Capital announced investments in Engine Yard and New Relic, two companies related to Rails application deployment and management, while a [...]

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Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:03 +0000

[...] applications. Of course, there’s already a lot of action in this market. In fact, Benchmark invested in another Rails company, Engine Yard, back in January. But Fenton and Cirne both say that Engine Yard and New Relic are [...]

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[...] as Rails hosting service Engine Yard, which announced a $3.5 million round of funding in January (our coverage). But Lindenbaum and Engine Yard chief executive Lance Walley both say there’s room for [...]

By: What Benchmark’s investment in Ruby on Rails support should tell us « Mystitech’s Weblog

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:08:44 +0000

[...] fuel the need for its services. Hence, the company plans to use Benchmark’s capital infusion to help improve the stability of Rails for all…not just Engine Yard’s customers: (A) capital infusion could help Engine Yard work on [...]

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Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:36:09 +0000

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By: Michael Slater

Michael Slater — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:43:06 +0000

Since Rails has grown very nicely, largely without any major financial backing, it will be interesting to see what happens with this infusion of capital.

Like most VC investments, I suspect this one is about the people, as much as anything else. There’s simply some great folks at Engine Yard, and Rails is a vibrant area that will offer all sorts of opportunities as its use continues to expand.

For those of you who are still trying to figure out just what Rails is, check out our podcast at http://www.LearningRails.com.

By: stuff collector

stuff collector — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:07:26 +0000

This is a good news for all those Rails lovers and startups who work with Engine Yard folks. and this a great move towards making Rails a better enterprise candidate . Go Rails!.. I have covered the story in my post also. here is the link http://www.messagedance.com/me…..630118a41a