NoSQL Database-aaS. Acquired by IBM in 2014. Now IBM Cloud Dataβ¦
Company was acquired
Event Year: 2012
Company was acquired
Event Year: 2012
Cloudant offered a distributed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution, empowering developers building rapidly expanding web and mobile applications. This service allowed them to concentrate on product development and enhancement, eliminating the complexities of database scaling and management. By globally managing and distributing data, Cloudant enabled developers to accommodate growing user bases, introduce new application features, and ensure system reliability.
Founded in 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by three MIT physicists, Cloudant emerged from the founders' challenges in managing and analyzing large datasets from the Large Hadron Collider. Dissatisfied with existing Big Data tools, they developed a distributed, fault-tolerant, and globally scalable data layer built upon Apache CouchDB.
Since its inception, Cloudant's service has evolved to manage and serve data for mobile and web applications, supporting thousands of developers and hundreds of customers worldwide. In 2014, Cloudant was acquired by IBM.
Cloudant offered a distributed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution, empowering developers building rapidly expanding web and mobile applications. This service allowed them to concentrate on product development and enhancement, eliminating the complexities of database scaling and management. By globally managing and distributing data, Cloudant enabled developers to accommodate growing user bases, introduce new application features, and ensure system reliability.
Founded in 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by three MIT physicists, Cloudant emerged from the founders' challenges in managing and analyzing large datasets from the Large Hadron Collider. Dissatisfied with existing Big Data tools, they developed a distributed, fault-tolerant, and globally scalable data layer built upon Apache CouchDB.
Since its inception, Cloudant's service has evolved to manage and serve data for mobile and web applications, supporting thousands of developers and hundreds of customers worldwide. In 2014, Cloudant was acquired by IBM.
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Summer 2008
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Summer 2008
B2B
B2B
B2B -> Infrastructure
B2B -> Infrastructure
Team size: 51
Hiring: No
Team size: 51
Hiring: No