flox Raises $27 Million, Introduces Open Source Platform to Bring Nix to Everyone
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- flox, the company bringing the power of Nix to everyone, today announced it has raised $16.5 million in its Series A led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), bringing total funding to date to $27 million. flox was incubated at DESCOvery, the D. E. Shaw group's venture studio, and its early backers include Addition and Hetz Ventures. Notable angel investors include Thomas Dohmke, CEO at Github; Guy Podjarny, founder of Snyk; and James Turnbull, former CTO at Microsoft for Startups and VP at Docker, currently CTO at Sotheby's.
Key Points:
- The company today is also introducing its new open source flox platform and is expected to release its enterprise platform later this year.
- By creating an easy-to-use platform around Nix, flox supercharges productivity for developers everywhere while also making their software more secure."
- "We're excited to partner with Ron and his talented team as they continue to expand and roll out their new open source platform to bring Nix to everyone."
- "The platform is still used at the D. E. Shaw group today, and we're excited about the value that we believe flox can bring to developers everywhere."