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#CloudHosting Pioneering cloud management platform, emma, has successfully closed a $17 million Series A funding round, marking a significant milestone in its mission to revolutionize cloud infrastructure management for businesses worldwide. This round, led by European venture capital firm Smartfin with participation from RTP Global and existing investors, brings the companys total funding to $23 million. The fresh capital comes on the heels of a $6 million Seed Round in March 2023, underscoring investor confidence in emmas innovative approach to cloud optimization. Founded in 2019, emma has emerged as a leading player in the field of multicloud management, offering businesses a platform that combines real-time analytics, AI-driven automation, and extensive multicloud capabilities. By enabling companies to optimize cloud operations, reduce costs, and enhance agility, emma is addressing a pressing need in todays rapidly evolving cloud landscape. Its solution empowers organizations to navigate the complexities of multicloud environments, providing tools for workload optimization, consumption forecasting, and streamlined resource allocation, all while ensuring financial predictability. The Series A funding will support emmas ambitious plans for growth, including enhancements to its platform, expansion of its go-to-market strategy, and the development of customer satisfaction initiatives. A significant portion of the investment will also be directed toward establishing a research and development center at the companys headquarters in Luxembourg. This facility will accelerate the creation of new features such as advanced automation capabilities, broader cloud integrations, improved security measures, and AI-driven accelerators, reinforcing emmas position as a leader in the cloud management space. Dmitry Panenkov, CEO of emma, emphasized the companys commitment to innovation and its vision for the future of cloud operations. At emma, were shaping the future of cloud operations, said Mr. Panenkov. Businesses want unrestricted scalability across all providers as they expand. In order to enable cloud-agnostic operations, we are developing the standards. This funding accelerates our goal of providing businesses with the autonomy and adaptability they require to maximize in every setting. Demand for Multicloud Solutions Smartfin Partner, Harry Haeck, echoed this sentiment, highlighting the platforms transformative potential for enterprises. emma is addressing one of the most critical challenges for modern enterprises: managing and optimizing complex multicloud environments, said Mr. Haeck. By integrating automation, cost visibility, and actionable analytics into a single platform, emma frees enterprises to concentrate on innovation rather than infrastructure. Were proud to collaborate with a company that is setting the standard for more flexible and efficient cloud strategies. Jelmer de Jong, CTO…

#HostingJournalist #CloudHosting ControlMonkey, an innovative cloud automation platform offering Total Cloud Control with Terraform, has officially launched globally alongside the completion of a $7 million seed funding round. The funding, led by Joule Ventures and Lool Ventures, aims to accelerate ControlMonkey's expansion, enhance product development in cloud governance, and bolster its engineering, customer success, and go-to-market strategies. Founded by cloud technology veterans Ori Yemini and Aharon Twizer, both integral to the success of Spot.io (acquired by NetApp for $450 million in 2020), ControlMonkey delivers a transformative approach to managing enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure. The platform is designed to boost productivity, expedite deployment, and reduce operational inefficiencies. Early adopters such as Intel, Square, Comcast, and NetApp report 30% higher productivity, deployment timelines reduced by a factor of three, and a 50% drop in production tickets. ControlMonkey's unique collaboration with AWS positions the platform as a solution that can scale across industries globally. "We are supercharging the Infrastructure Delivery Revolution," said CEO and co-founder of ControlMonkey, Aharon Twizer. "ControlMonkey is transforming cloud management in the same way Jfrog and GitHub redefined software delivery. With this funding, we can fulfill the promise of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and empower businesses worldwide to achieve their full potential." AI-Powered End-to-End Cloud Management What would set ControlMonkey apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, end-to-end cloud management through AI-driven features. The platform simplifies complex cloud infrastructure management while maintaining precision and security. Key capabilities include: * AI-Powered Code Generation - Converts existing infrastructure into verified, production-grade Terraform code, achieving complete IaC coverage with a single click. * Remediation Engine - Continuously scans code to identify and resolve issues such as drift, security vulnerabilities, and cost inefficiencies. * Infrastructure Disaster Recovery - Takes daily snapshots of cloud setups, enabling instant restoration to any point in time to mitigate risks of significant failures. * Cloud Integrity Guarantee - Offers 100% cloud integrity through asset inventory, verification, and deviation alerts. The platform also accelerates deployment with QualityGate, a feature that uses a database of blueprints to allow teams to establish new cloud environments within minutes, streamlining operations without sacrificing control. Maya Azoulay, Partner at Lool Ventures, emphasized the platforms disruptive potential: "ControlMonkey is the only platform leveraging AI to deliver Total Cloud Control - end-to-end and at scale - in a market that spends over $140 billion annually grappling with cloud complexity. We're thrilled to co-lead…

#CloudHosting ControlMonkey, an innovative cloud automation platform offering Total Cloud Control with Terraform, has officially launched globally alongside the completion of a $7 million seed funding round. The funding, led by Joule Ventures and Lool Ventures, aims to accelerate ControlMonkey's expansion, enhance product development in cloud governance, and bolster its engineering, customer success, and go-to-market strategies. Founded by cloud technology veterans Ori Yemini and Aharon Twizer, both integral to the success of Spot.io (acquired by NetApp for $450 million in 2020), ControlMonkey delivers a transformative approach to managing enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure. The platform is designed to boost productivity, expedite deployment, and reduce operational inefficiencies. Early adopters such as Intel, Square, Comcast, and NetApp report 30% higher productivity, deployment timelines reduced by a factor of three, and a 50% drop in production tickets. ControlMonkey's unique collaboration with AWS positions the platform as a solution that can scale across industries globally. "We are supercharging the Infrastructure Delivery Revolution," said CEO and co-founder of ControlMonkey, Aharon Twizer. "ControlMonkey is transforming cloud management in the same way Jfrog and GitHub redefined software delivery. With this funding, we can fulfill the promise of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and empower businesses worldwide to achieve their full potential." AI-Powered End-to-End Cloud Management What would set ControlMonkey apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, end-to-end cloud management through AI-driven features. The platform simplifies complex cloud infrastructure management while maintaining precision and security. Key capabilities include: * AI-Powered Code Generation - Converts existing infrastructure into verified, production-grade Terraform code, achieving complete IaC coverage with a single click. * Remediation Engine - Continuously scans code to identify and resolve issues such as drift, security vulnerabilities, and cost inefficiencies. * Infrastructure Disaster Recovery - Takes daily snapshots of cloud setups, enabling instant restoration to any point in time to mitigate risks of significant failures. * Cloud Integrity Guarantee - Offers 100% cloud integrity through asset inventory, verification, and deviation alerts. The platform also accelerates deployment with QualityGate, a feature that uses a database of blueprints to allow teams to establish new cloud environments within minutes, streamlining operations without sacrificing control. Maya Azoulay, Partner at Lool Ventures, emphasized the platforms disruptive potential: "ControlMonkey is the only platform leveraging AI to deliver Total Cloud Control - end-to-end and at scale - in a market that spends over $140 billion annually grappling with cloud complexity. We're thrilled to co-lead this funding round…

emma | Cloud Management Platform has closed a €16.3 million Series A funding round to further develop their cloud management platform, led by venture capital firm Smartfin with participation from RTP Global 🇱🇺 ☁️ CEO Dmitry P. comments on emma’s mission: “At emma, we’re shaping the future of cloud operations. As businesses grow, they need the freedom to scale across any provider without limitations. We’re building the standards to make cloud-agnostic operations a reality. This funding accelerates our mission to give companies the control and flexibility they need to optimize across all environments." Emma aims to empowers businesses to optimise workloads, forecast usage, and improve resource allocation, ensuring financial predictability and operational efficiency. https://lnkd.in/dE8HJqXS

Bluebricks Raises $4.5M to Revolutionize Cloud Infrastructure Management with Atomic Infrastructure™ Technology - Cloud management startup Bluebricks has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its cutting-edge Atomic Infrastructure™ technology. The funding round was led by Flint Capital and Glilot Capital Partners, with notable industry figures such as Yochay Ettun, CEO of cnvrg.io (acquired by Intel), and Raz Shaked, Head of DevOps at Wiz, among the investors. This strategic investment will allow Bluebricks to further develop its platform, which already serves several high-growth tech companies, including unicorns. The company’s Atomic Infrastructure™ technology promises to transform cloud infrastructure management by enabling granular control, automation, and cost-efficiency in multi-cloud environments. Tackling […] - https://lnkd.in/evgbc4T5

Bluebricks Raises $4.5M to Revolutionize Cloud Infrastructure Management with Atomic Infrastructure™ Technology - Cloud management startup Bluebricks has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its cutting-edge Atomic Infrastructure™ technology. The funding round was led by Flint Capital and Glilot Capital Partners, with notable industry figures such as Yochay Ettun, CEO of cnvrg.io (acquired by Intel), and Raz Shaked, Head of DevOps at Wiz, among the investors. This strategic investment will allow Bluebricks to further develop its platform, which already serves several high-growth tech companies, including unicorns. The company’s Atomic Infrastructure™ technology promises to transform cloud infrastructure management by enabling granular control, automation, and cost-efficiency in multi-cloud environments. Tackling […] - https://lnkd.in/evgbc4T5

From AllTopStartups: How Can Companies Use Hybrid Cloud? ------------------------------- A hybrid cloud is a computing environment that enables users to run their applications across multiple environments. It typically combines public clouds and private clouds, allowing you to tailor your… The post How Can Companies Use Hybrid Cloud? appeared first on AllTopStartups . #entrepreneur #startups #learnbusiness #techstartups #marketingtips #emailmarketing #businesstools #marketingstrategy #businessowner #startupbusiness #startuplife

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Cloud Adoption: Cost saving to New Capability with Innovation Cloud providers had introduced an additional alternative to corporate Datacenters with ability to Speed up provisioning, economics of scale and transaction-based pricing. These abilities enabled direct cost saving and encourages companies to jump on this bandwagon. There is no silver bullet to adoption from Virtual Machine (VM) migration to technology transformation using Cloud provider specific Platform services to Serverless options.  Key drivers for organization is cost saving and approach dependents upon factors like Organization Size, Business Models, Seasonality, Complexity of Ecosystem, Infrastructure investments, workload types and compliance to name a few. The list of factors can go on and extended further. Small size organizations and startup loves this concept with lower initial investment and pay as you go model suits them with limited budgets. Cloud Providers became only choice to leverage their services which brings directly cost saving to them. Since it is mainly green field development( No technical Debt) it is relatively easier to adopt it. Medium size companies are takes different approach specially enables platform services to save on manpower required to handle operations and unpredictable workload to decommissioning the datacenters which brings cost saving to organization Large organization had already invested heavily in multiple datacenters, and it is not an easy decision for them to close their datacenters and move everything to cloud. Some of the pivotal point or temptation exists when the hardware needs to be refreshed and every refresh cycle for infrastructure, there is debate of let’s "Go To Cloud". CIO adopt various strategy based on their ecosystem and preferences like let us use cloud as an extension of organization’s datacenter any additional capacity required to surge due to seasonality of business like Black Friday, Christmas, events etc. will be catered by cloud provider. With this approach full capacity hardware is not required for peak load and freezing new procurement of hardware. With the Raise of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Algorithms plus the amount of data load generated, it is no longer about the cost for cloud adoption. Conclusion: Cloud enables Newer Capabilities, Building Blocks, Innovative products & Business Models which was not in existence previously. “It is no longer weather we should go to cloud: it is when we should go to cloud or left behind in fast pacing progress.”