StrongLoop Raises $8 Million Series A Led by Shasta Ventures and Ignition Partners; Announces an Open Source, Private mBaaS From the Backers of Node.js

StrongLoop Raises $8 Million Series A Led by Shasta Ventures and Ignition Partners; Announces an Open Source, Private mBaaS From the Backers of Node.js

SAN MATEO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/18/13 — , the company behind , has closed a $8 million Series A round led by investors and . Along with the funding, StrongLoop announced that has joined as CEO. Roth is a former Red Hat executive and visionary behind Red Hat-s OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service. He joins StrongLoop founders Ben Noordhuis and Bert Belder who are top contributors to Node.js. Jason Pressman of Shasta Ventures and Nick Sturiale from Ignition Partners have joined the StrongLoop