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MLab

mLab was a San Francisco-based 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.

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mLab
FormerlyMongoLab (2011–2016)
Industry
Founded2011
Founder
  • Will Shulman
  • Jared Cottrell
  • Angela Kung Shulman
DefunctJanuary 31, 2019 (2019-01-31)
FateAcquired by MongoDB Inc.
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Area served
Worldwide
Products
OwnerMongoDB Inc.
Websitemlab.com

mLab (originally MongoLab) was a San Francisco-based1 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 million3 and shortly thereafter, mLab was named by Network World4 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

mLab serviced 25 data centers across the world source ↗

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

References

References

  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.