https://ryanorban.com/categories/akka/Recent content in Akka on Ryan OrbanHugoen-usme@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)Ryan OrbanWed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://ryanorban.com/notes/typesafe-raises-14m-scala/Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/typesafe-raises-14m-scala/<p><img src="https://ryanorban.com/images/notes/typesafe-raises-14m-scala.png" alt="Typesafe Raises $14M to Commercialize Scala" class="note-hero-img" loading="lazy" /> </p> <h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>Typesafe raised $14 million from Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners, and Juniper Networks in August 2012 to build a commercial business around Scala and the Reactive programming stack. Typesafe was founded by Martin Odersky (creator of Scala) and Jonas Bonér (creator of Akka), combining the language with the two major frameworks that had grown up around it: Akka for concurrent/distributed systems and the Play Framework for web applications.</p>