mLab

mLab
Formerly	MongoLab (2011–2016)
Industry	Database software;
Founded	2011
Founder	Will Shulman; Jared Cottrell; Angela Kung Shulman;
Defunct	January 31, 2019
Fate	Acquired by MongoDB Inc.
Headquarters	San Francisco, California
Area served	Worldwide
Products	MongoDB (as a service);
Owner	MongoDB Inc.
Website	mlab.com

mLab (originally MongoLab) was a San Francisco-based^[1] cloud database service which hosted fully-managed MongoDB databases. mLab ran on cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, as well as various platform-as-a-service providers.

History

In May 2011, MongoLab secured $3 million in first-round funding from Foundry Group, Baseline Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Freestyle Capital, and David Cohen.^[2]

In October 2012, MongoLab received a follow-on investment of $5 million^[3] and shortly thereafter, mLab was named by Network World^[4] as one of the 10 most useful cloud databases along with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace, and others.

In June 2014, MongoDB Inc. announced a fully managed MongoDB-as-a-Service add-on offering on the Microsoft Azure store, delivered in collaboration with Microsoft and MongoLab.^[5]

In February 2016, MongoLab changed its name to mLab.^[6]

In October 2018, mLab announced that it would be acquired by MongoDB Inc..^[1] All engineers at mLab were invited to join MongoDB Inc and existing customers will be transitioned to MongoDB Atlas instances. The acquisition closed on January 31, 2019.^[7]

Data centers

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Heroku

References

^ ^a ^b "MongoDB Strengthens Global Cloud Database with Acquisition of mLab". MongoDB. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ Cloud Database Provider MongoLab Raises $3 Million From Foundry, Baseline, And Others – TechCrunch
^ MongoLab explains why everyone loves MongoDB (and raises $5M) – Gigaom
^ "10 of the most useful cloud databases". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-11-07. 10 of the most useful cloud databases
^ "MongoDB Announces Fully-Managed Service on Microsoft Azure | MongoDB". Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-06-29. MongoDB announces fully managed service on Microsoft Azure
^ MongoLab Changes Its Name To mLab As It looks Beyond Database Management
^ Sawers, Paul (10 October 2018). "MongoDB to acquire cloud database provider MLab for $68 million". VentureBeat. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[mongodb-1] "MongoDB Strengthens Global Cloud Database with Acquisition of mLab". MongoDB. Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[2] Cloud Database Provider MongoLab Raises $3 Million From Foundry, Baseline, And Others – TechCrunch

[3] MongoLab explains why everyone loves MongoDB (and raises $5M) – Gigaom

[4] "10 of the most useful cloud databases". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-11-07. 10 of the most useful cloud databases

[5] "MongoDB Announces Fully-Managed Service on Microsoft Azure | MongoDB". Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-06-29. MongoDB announces fully managed service on Microsoft Azure

[6] MongoLab Changes Its Name To mLab As It looks Beyond Database Management

[7] Sawers, Paul (10 October 2018). "MongoDB to acquire cloud database provider MLab for $68 million". VentureBeat. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

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