Acquia raises $7M for Drupal platform
Summary
Founded only a few months ago, Acquia is a North Andover, Mass. startup that capitalizes on a content management system written by its co-founder in 2001. The Drupal platform is an open-source product that can be used to create blogs, content portals, wikis and other Web 2.0 applications that could potentially compete with companies like WordPress. North Bridge Venture Partners led the $7 million investment, Acquia’s first. Sigma Partners and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures also participated in the round.
Funding
Amount
$7.0M
Total raised
Date
December 1, 2007
Announcement date
Investors
Acquia
Lead investors
Company
http://www.acquia.com
Funded company
Classifications
industries
Media and Publishing
applications
Web and Content Management
AskAI Classifications
Labels
Digital Experience Platform
Content Management System
SaaS
Linked Companies
Mollom
up to $1M
Acquia, Inc.
$10M to $25M