10gen
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10gen is a software company that develops and provides commercial support for the open source database MongoDB
.
and former DoubleClick engineer and ShopWiki Founder and CTO Eliot Horowitz. 10gen has received $11.4 million in venture capital funding from Flybridge Capital Partners
, Union Square Ventures
, and Sequoia Capital
.
The company was originally building a Platform as a Service
similar to Google App Engine
. In 2009 the company decided to open source the database component, MongoDB
as a stand-alone product. In March 2010, 10gen announced that it would offer commercial support for MongoDB.
The company was started in New York City and opened an office in Redwood Shores, CA in August 2010.
MongoDB
MongoDB is an open source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database written in the C++ programming language...
.
Overview
10gen was founded in 2007 by former DoubleClick Founder and CTO Dwight MerrimanDwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Best known for having co-founding DoubleClick together with Kevin O'Connor and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves as the Founder and CEO of 10gen .DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for...
and former DoubleClick engineer and ShopWiki Founder and CTO Eliot Horowitz. 10gen has received $11.4 million in venture capital funding from Flybridge Capital Partners
Flybridge Capital Partners
Flybridge Capital Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on early-stage venture capital investments. With $560 million under management across three funds, the firm invests in consumer, healthcare, energy and information technology markets and is led by a team with domain expertise...
, Union Square Ventures
Union Square Ventures
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City, New York, United States.The firm was founded by Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham in 2004...
, and Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...
.
The company was originally building a Platform as a Service
Platform as a service
Platform as a service is a category of cloud computing services that provide a computing platform and a solution stack as a service...
similar to Google App Engine
Google App Engine
Google App Engine is a platform as a service cloud computing platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. It virtualizes applications across multiple servers,...
. In 2009 the company decided to open source the database component, MongoDB
MongoDB
MongoDB is an open source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database written in the C++ programming language...
as a stand-alone product. In March 2010, 10gen announced that it would offer commercial support for MongoDB.
The company was started in New York City and opened an office in Redwood Shores, CA in August 2010.