Riptano Incorporated, an Austin, TX-based company, provides software, support and training for Apache Cassandra, an open-source database the article describes as developed through the combination of Amazon and Google technology. The company closed a $2.7M Series A to expand its engineering and commercial teams. Lightspeed Venture Partners co-led the round, with participation from Sequoia Capital and private investor Jason Calacanis. In conjunction with the funding, John Vrionis of Lightspeed Venture Partners joined Riptano’s board. Riptano plans to use the funds to hire developers to work full-time on Cassandra, build a business team to serve its customers, and develop performance management software. No revenue or user metrics are disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Oct 2010