Plumbr, The Java Performance Monitoring Startup, Picks Up Backing From Skype Co-Founder Jaan Tallinn
Summary
It would be lazy of me to call Plumbr‘s latest funding round another example of the ‘Skype mafia’ in action. The company, which offers software to automatically detect the root causes of Java performance issues, thus potentially saving hundreds of hours of debugging, has picked up $700,000 in new funding. The new capital will be used for further product development and to boost Plumbr’s marketing presence in the U.S., where I’m told the company does roughly half of its business, including opening an east coast office. Founded in late 2011 off the back of a PhD research project, Plumbr initially offered a memory optimising tool to help predict and avoid Java-based software failures, but has since become a broader Java performance monitoring solution. It claims more than 100 customers globally, including NASA, NATO, Dell, HBO, Experian and EMC Corporation.
