Open source database company 10gen raises $3.4M
10gen, a New York database company with some well-known customers and investors, has raised $3.4 million in a second round of funding.
The New York company developed MongoDB, an open source database for web applications that’s being used by open source repository SourceForge, commenting startup Disqus, and New York tech news site Business Insider. Companies can run MongoDB on their own servers or using online infrastructure offered by cloud computing providers.
The new round was led by… Continue Reading
10gen gets $1.5M from Union Square for its open source cloud
Another player has entered the battle to dominate the Internet infrastructure known as the cloud: An open-source cloud company called 10gen just raised $1.5 million from Union Square Ventures.
The New York startup’s platform sounds similar to Google App Engine — namely, it’s an environment to build, host and scale web applications in the cloud. It’s a big day for 10gen; not only did the company announce its funding, it also released its software development… Continue Reading