Cloud Cruiser
Cloud Cruiser is a cloud-based financial management company based in Silicon Valley. The company's software manages the finances of cloud computing and traditional IT environments. It was founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard. Cloud Cruiser has offices in Roseville, California, San Jose, California, and the Netherlands.History
Cloud Cruiser was founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard. Zabrowski was the general manager of Hewlett-Packard company. He also became CEO of Neterion in 2002, and was Entrepreneur in Residence at Wavepoint Ventures. Howard is a veteran software developer who was the Director of Development for CIMS Lab. He also worked for IBM Corporation and the Computer Task Group.
Cloud Cruiser partners with companies such as HP, Microsoft, VMware, Amazon Marketplace, and Cisco. In July 2010, Wavepoint Ventures led Cloud Cruiser's first round of funding. It included investments from Roger Akers of Akers Capital and other San Francisco Bay Area angel investors. In March 2011, Cloud Cruiser launched out of stealth mode and released its eponymous software later that year.
In June 2012, the company raised an additional $6 million in Series B funding, led by ONSET Ventures. In 2013, Cloud Cruiser became available for Windows Server 2012 R2 through Microsoft Azure.
In February 2014, the company's software was made available to OpenStack users through Rackspace Private Cloud. Cloud Cruiser started offering OpenStack integration in 2011. In October 2014, Cloud Cruiser 4 was released.
