Nitrous.IO says efficient developers should work in the cloud. Lead investor Bessemer Venture Partners agrees — to the tune of $6.65 million.
Formerly called Action.io, Nitrous.IO offers development teams a series of tools, including cloud-based coding environments and a Web-based code editor (IDE).
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Despite its over-confidence, or perhaps because of it, Nitrous.IO is growing alarmingly fast. The company currently serves 100,000 developers from 4,000 organizations after raising just $1 million in funding 11 months ago.
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