Ruby on Rails application deployment and support provider Engine Yard announced on Friday it has closed a $3.5 million Series A investment from Benchmark Capital. Engine Yard will use the funds to expand its global operations, strengthen its customer service organization worldwide and enhance the core technologies that power Ruby on Rails applications. Benchmark general partners Mitch Lasky and Peter Fenton will join the Engine Yard’s board of directors.
BerkeleyVC, led by Arthur Trueger, focuses more on later stage funding for start up companies; companies that are close to going public, in many cases. To read more on the above story, click here.
