Tech Company Financing Transactions

Engine Yard Funding Round

Engine Yard, based in San Francisco, secured $15 million from New Enterprise Associates, Amazon and Benchmark Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/14/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

New Enterprise Associates (Lead Investor) (Peter Sonsini)

Amazon

Benchmark Capital

Proceeds Purpose
The new funding will help Engine Yard accelerate its business, bolster R&D of their forthcoming cloud computing cluster platform, and continue to drive innovation with its Ruby open-source projects, Rubinius and Merb.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
1035 Market Street 550
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Email Address
Overview
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Profile
Engine Yard LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Engine Yard Company Twitter Account
Company News
Engine Yard News
Facebook
Engine Yard on Facebook
YouTube
Engine Yard on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Beau Vrolyk
  Beau Vrolyk LinkedIn Profile  Beau Vrolyk Twitter Account  Beau Vrolyk News  Beau Vrolyk on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Alan Cyron
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VP - Engineering
Paul Melmon
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VP - Product Management
Carl Meadows
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