npm operates and hosts a package manager for JavaScript used daily by 2.4 million developers and delivering one billion package downloads every month. The company offers npm Private Modules, a feature that enables developers to share and re-use private and confidential code. npm’s tooling is used by organizations that publish JavaScript SDKs, including Twilio, Google, Microsoft, New Relic and Amazon Web Services. The firm was founded in 2014 and is based in Oakland, CA. The article notes the company previously raised seed capital and has now completed a Series A to support its product and growth initiatives. npm operates the open-source npm registry and a package manager that gives developers access to tens of thousands of Node.js modules. The registry hosts more than 58,000 modules and recorded 183,235,276 downloads in January 2014; Node.js packages in the registry contain over one billion lines of code. The open-source project was created three years prior to the article and the team formed npm, Inc. to better support Node.js developers, officially launching the company in December. npm’s core product focuses on making it fast and simple to add functionality via reusable packages and to manage package publishing and installation. The company raised seed funding to improve and scale up its services and infrastructure. Leadership includes CEO Isaac Schlueter, CTO Laurie Voss and COO Rod Boothby, and the board includes Joyent co-founder Jason Hoffman.

Total raised

$11M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Apr 2015