Cloud Software Company Joyent Raises $5 Million

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

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Joyent, a San Francisco-based cloud computing software and service provider, has secured $5 million in debt funding according to an SEC filing.

The company, which was founded back in 2004, offers an integrated technology suite and related services geared towards service providers, medium-sized and large enterprises, and developers.

Its offerings include cloud software suite SmartDataCenter, JoyentCloud.com, a public cloud service that aims to rival Amazon Web Services, and a Platform-as-a-Service based on Node.js, the open source server-side JavaScript development environment.

Customers include LinkedIn, Gilt Groupe, Kabam, Dell and AKQA.

We’ve contacted the company to learn who the investors are, and what they plan to do with the additional capital.

Joyent has now raised close to $30 million from investors like Intel Capital and Peter Thiel.


Company: Joyent
Website: joyent.com
Launch Date: February 23, 2012
Funding: $112M

Joyent is a global cloud computing software and service provider, offering cloud computing solutions worldwide since 2004. Joyent licenses its cloud software to service providers, like Dell, FirstServer Softbank, XYBASE and Uniserve, who provide cloud services to their own customers, and provides public cloud services to some of the most innovative companies in the world, such as LinkedIn, Gilt Groupe and Kabam. Joyent offerings also include Platform-as-a-Service based on Node.js, the open source server-side JavaScript development environment that has...

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