Cloudant

NoSQL Database-aaS. Acquired by IBM in 2014. Now IBM Cloud Data…

Y CombinatorSummer 2008AcquiredB2BInfrastructure

What they do

Problem

Developers building web and mobile applications need a database that can scale globally and remain fault-tolerant without the burden of managing infrastructure.

Solution

Cloudant provides a distributed NoSQL database-as-a-service built on Apache CouchDB that handles global data distribution, scaling, and reliability.

Who it's for

Developers and teams building fast-growing web and mobile applications that need a managed, scalable NoSQL database.

Founders

Michael Miller

Founder/Chief Scientist

Recovering particle physicist and distributed systems developer. CoFounder (Cloudant, acquired by IBM), CoFounder Liquid 2 Ventures. Father of two sets of twins and bluewater sailor. I love to invest in hard tech, infrastructure and developer tooling.