Acquia Secures $8 Million And Better Future For Drupal
Acquia is a commercial open source software company providing products, services, and technical support for the open source Drupal social publishing system. As a member of the global Drupal community, Acquia helps accelerate Drupal usage by contributing to the advancement of the core technology and offering products, services and technical support to simplify the deployment and management of Drupal websites. The company have just secured $8 Million in series B financing from North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. Acquia plans to use the funds for sales, marketing and additional product development to meet growing enterprise demand for the Drupal open source social publishing system. A great opportunity for the Drupal community to meet the enterprise world. Acquia, whose co-founder and CTO Dries Buytaert created the Drupal platform in 2001, told TechCrunch that the company will use the funding to help create and expand the market for Drupal in the enterprise world . Drupal hopes to expand its existing base of 200 subscription customers. Below the press release : Andover, MA – July 20, 2009 – Acquia, Inc., the web’s resource for the Drupal social publishing system, today announced it has secured $8 million in a Series B financing round from North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. Acquia plans to use the funds for sales, marketing and additional product development to meet growing enterprise demand for the Drupal open source social publishing system.

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Acquia Secures $8 Million And Better Future For Drupal