Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 1222 – Coding Tools

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – CODING TOOLS

• Micro Focus a global enterprise software company has announced a major release of its Vertica Analytics Platform Vertica 9 which introduces an extended list of in-database Machine Learning capabilities to simplify the production and deployment of machine learning models. Link
• Capriza, a provider of enterprise mobility for business applications has been named a winner in the category of most effective technology deployment to increase service levels for the Field Service 2017 Technology Awards.Link
• Npm, Inc., the company which runs the software registry and maintains the npm software package management application has announced new enterprise-grade security features for users of npm and the npm Registry: two-factor authentication for publishing packages and read-only authentication tokens. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

PullRequest (2017, Austin) – Provides an on demand code review as a service.

LEADER BOARD – CODING TOOLS

IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
Xamarin (2011, SF, $82M, Acq.) – Provides platform for developers to build native and hybrid apps for iOS, Android and Windows using a single C# code base. Acquired by Microsoft in 2016. Backed by Insight Partners, Floodgate, Lead Edge Capital, Ignition Partners.
Lightbend (2011, SF, $52M) – Provider of the world’s leading Reactive application development platform. Backed by Greylock Partners, IBM, Juniper Networks, Bain Capital Ventures, Intel Capital, Shasta Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Polytech Ecosystem Ventures.

Code Generation
Icinetic (2006, Seville, $500k) – Application development platform for building native or HTML5 web apps and generates source code for multiple platforms (Mobile, Tablet, Web). Backed by Caixa Capital.
JRapid (2006, Sunnyvale, $420k) – Rapid development cloud platform for Java developers to build web applications by generating java code from AML (application modeling language).

Visual Development
Capriza (2011, Hod Hasharon, $73.5M) – Provides a platform simplifies existing web applications into “Zapps,” or lightweight, mobile-optimized versions of the originals, without requiring any coding, integrations, or APIs. Backed by  Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Tenaya Capital, Allen & Company, Harmony Partners.
Nexaweb (2000, Burlington, $14.3M) – Provides software for the rapid development of enterprise-class mobile, tablet, and web applications using drag and drop environment. Backed by Egan-Managed Capital, MVP Capital Partners, Velocity Equity Partners.

Code Visualization
Ardoq (2013, Oslo, $1.24M) – Provides software as a service collaborative visualization & diagramming software. Backed by 500 Nordics.
Architexa (2007, Massachusetts, $135k) – Provides a tool suite to developers for generating diagrams from the code to examine the logical flow of use-cases and helps understand and document large/complex codebase.

Code Quality
SonarSource (2008, Geneva, $45M) – Provides applications and services for continuous inspection of code quality. Backed by Insight Venture Partners.
Klocwork (2001, Boulder, $19M, Acq.) – Offers software tools that analyze source code in development stage and simplify peer code reviews. Backed by Cisco, Duke University, Mobius Venture Capital, Pequot Capital and USVP. Acquired by Rogue Wave Software in 2014.

Source Code Management
GitHub (2008, SF, $350M) – Social network for programmers that allows users to take part in collaboration by forking projects, sending and pulling requests, and monitoring development. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Andreesen Horowitz, Thrive Capital and IVP.
CollabNet (1999, SF, $40M, Acq.) – Provides TeamForge SCM which gives organizations the advantage of distributed or centralized version control systems. Backed by Benchmark, NVP, Intel Capital, Industry Ventures. Acquired by Vector Capital in 2014.

Productivity
Seerene (2011, Potsdam, $19M) –  Provides insights and analytics into software to help enterprises, IT services companies and regulators gain insights into code, applications and teams using aggregation of existing data sources within an enterprise. Backed by Lakestar, Earlybird Venture Capital, DCM Film Distribution GmbH.
ZeroTurnaround (2007, Tartu, $15M) – Creates productivity tools for java applications. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Western Technology Investment. backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Western Technology Investment.

Licensing
Blackduck Software (2002, Burlington, $71M) – Provides products to secure and manage open source software. Backed by Fidelity Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Focus Ventures, General Catlayst, Gold Hill Capital, Intel Capital and Others.
Inish Technology (2009, Dublin, $2M) – Provides a cloud-based service that helps in licensing, packaging, code protection and usage analytics. Backed by Enterprise Ireland and Halo Business Angel Network.

Package Managers
Npm (2014, Oakland, $11M) – Software package manager that installs, publishes and manages node programs.Backed by BVP and True Ventures.
Biicode (2012, Madrid, $325k) – Provides a file-based dependencies manager with a cloud-based service that helps developers reuse code, similar to Maven Central for Java. Backed by Big Sur Ventures and Necotium.

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