March 25th, 2013

Y Combinator Company BitNami Makes Deeper Move On Booming App Store Market

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BitNami, a Y Combinator company, has announced that it will focus more on being an app store for server software. The goal is to provide customers with a Google Play or Apple App Store experience that can be accessed on their own infrastructure.

The BitNami platform provides the server infrastructure that companies would otherwise have to build out themselves to connect apps. → Read More

October 16th, 2012

AppDirect Acquires Open Source Billing Company jBilling

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Today cloud app store company AppDirect announced its acquisition of open source billing company jBilling. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. AppDirect co-CEO Daniel Saks says existing jBilling won’t be affected and AppDirect will continue to sell and support jBilling products. AppDirect makes “white label” software-as-a-service app stores. Saks says its customers are mostly… → Read More

May 3rd, 2011

AppDirect Raises $3.25 Million To Create A Marketplace For Business Apps

AppDirect, a platform that allows businesses to find, buy and manage web-based applications, has announced that it has closed a $3.25 million round of seed funding to hire engineering talent and expand its network overseas. The round was led by iNovia Capital with Stingray Digital contributing.

You probably haven’t heard of AppDirect yet, but it’s an interesting business. AppDirect is creating a… → Read More