{"id":6581,"date":"2014-10-23T16:33:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T21:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=6581"},"modified":"2014-10-23T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T22:17:30","slug":"openstack-startupventure-capital-ecosystem-its-real-and-coming-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-startupventure-capital-ecosystem-its-real-and-coming-to-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Startup\/Venture Capital Ecosystem &#8211; it&#8217;s real and coming to Paris!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" class=\"lead\">Recently OpenStack has been generating financial headlines with the acquisitions of OpenStack ecosystem startups eNovance, Metacloud, Cloudscaling and OpenStack veteran\u00a0Mirantis raising $100M in venture capital this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Startups have always been critical to driving innovation in software and platforms and OpenStack has spawned a vibrant ecosystem of startups that are finding new ways to serve customer needs and deliver value on top OpenStack.\u00a0 Access to capital to support development and growth within these companies is critical.\u00a0 Storm Ventures recently gathered data around OpenStack startups and venture activity estimating the number of startups currently offering OpenStack related products at 63.\u00a0 These companies have collectively raised approximately $1.8 billion from corporate and traditional venture investors.\u00a0 And these investors are already starting to see returns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/StormVentures_OpenStack_Infographic_ForwardPushMedia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/StormVentures_OpenStack_Infographic_ForwardPushMedia-113x300.png\" alt=\"StormVentures_OpenStack_Infographic_ForwardPushMedia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/StormVentures_OpenStack_Infographic_ForwardPushMedia-113x300.png 113w, https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/StormVentures_OpenStack_Infographic_ForwardPushMedia-387x1024.png 387w, https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/StormVentures_OpenStack_Infographic_ForwardPushMedia.png 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At the OpenStack Summit in Paris next week, we are launching a new track called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/openstacksummitnovember2014paris.sched.org\/overview\/type\/cloudfunding#.VEldLYvF8is\">CloudFunding<\/a>\u201d where we will hear from startups that have been successful in attracting essential capital and ventures capitalists who are actively investing in OpenStack startups.\u00a0 We hope you\u2019re as excited about this new track as we are and will join us at <a href=\"https:\/\/openstacksummitnovember2014paris.sched.org\/overview\/type\/cloudfunding#.VEldLYvF8is\">these sessions<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently OpenStack has been generating financial headlines with the acquisitions of OpenStack ecosystem startups eNovance, Metacloud, Cloudscaling and OpenStack veteran\u00a0Mirantis raising $100M in venture capital this week. 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