Cloud Computing: Bright Computing Secures $14.5M Series B Funding

July 30, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: CJ Arlotta.

Bright Computing founder and CEO Matthijs van Leeuwen says his company has just closed a new $14.5 million financing round. Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and DFJ Esprit co-led the Series B funding round, with participation from Prime Ventures and existing shareholder ING Corporate Investments.

The San Jose, California-based company develops management software for clusters, grids and clouds for storage, big data and databases. The additional funds will be used to invest in the Bright Computing team, expand the company’s product line and extend its ability to serve customers, the company’s CEO said this week in a company blog post

He also noted that the company has reached more than 400 customers around the globe, including more than 20 of the Fortune 500…

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