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- Last Updated: May 08, 2008
- James Lindenbaum
We are happy this morning to announce we’ve raised a $3 million round of funding, from Redpoint Ventures and some other great investors. Adam, Orion, and I started Heroku with the goal of making software development much easier and more accessible. We’ve got big plans – what we’ve done so far is really just the first step. There is so much we’ve been dying to do, but we just haven’t had the capacity. This investment will allow us to beef up our current offerings, expand into other parts of the development process, and build out the company to support our…
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- Last Updated: February 11, 2008
- James Lindenbaum
If you’re curious about our vision for Heroku, check out the latest episode of the Ruby on Rails Podcast. We spoke with Geoffrey Grosenbach about our plans for Heroku, the Rails ecosystem, and some good old fashioned economics.
- News
- Last Updated: February 06, 2008
- Adam Wiggins
Last night we noticed a flood of .jp email addresses appearing on the waiting list – several hundred over the course of just a few hours. Turns out someone posted a comprehensive and flattering review of Heroku in Japanese (translation). I just couldn’t resist using the opportunity to post this image: Actually, it’s not just Japan: the international response to Heroku has astonished us. Denmark, New Zealand, France, Russia, Brazil – over half of our users are from outside the US. We chalk this up more to the universal appeal of Ruby and Rails than anything we’ve done, but either way…
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