WaveMaker Software raises $4.5M for web development tools
April 15, 2008 | Anthony Ha
Wavemaker Software, which offers open source visual tools for web development, has raised $4.5 million in a new round of venture funding. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Worldview Technology Partners and Sippl Investments all participated.
The San Francisco startup has created an Ajax development platform based on the Spring, Dojo and Hibernate open source projects. Its offerings include both a free version and a premium enterprise license.
Roger Sippl of Sippl Investments, previously chief executive of Informix Software, is joining Wavemaker’s board.
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Anthony Ha writes about enterprise technology, cloud computing, tech policy, and random cool startups. Before joining VentureBeat in January 2008, he worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. Anthony attended Stanford University from 2001 to 2006, and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com.
