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Cloudflare Created a $100M Fund and Acquired Eager for an App Store

Andre Potorac · 1512 He'll Help You Build Your Own Company App Exchange · Sep 14, 2019 · at 4:40

Andre Potorac discusses how larger web platforms have tried and struggled to launch developer app marketplaces.

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“They made a one hundred million dollars fund. And they bought a platform called eager to try to release such an app store.”

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The claim, plainly

Cloudflare created a $100 million fund and acquired the platform Eager to attempt releasing an app store.

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Assessment

Both components of the claim are directly supported by public corporate announcements and independent reporting. On December 13, 2016, Cloudflare announced the acquisition of Eager Platform Co. to overhaul and power the Cloudflare Apps marketplace. Subsequently, on June 27, 2017, Cloudflare officially launched the rebuilt Cloudflare Apps platform alongside the $100 million Cloudflare Developer Fund, established in partnership with its early venture capital investors (NEA, Venrock, and Pelion Venture Partners) to finance developers building applications on the platform.

On December 13, 2016, Cloudflare acquired app marketplace startup Eager Platform Co. specifically to rebuild and run the Cloudflare Apps Platform.
On June 27, 2017, Cloudflare announced the $100 million Cloudflare Developer Fund alongside venture partners NEA, Venrock, and Pelion to support developers building for the Cloudflare Apps ecosystem.

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[1] cloudflare.com [2] venturecapitaljournal.com [3] cloudflare.com [4] blogspot.com [5] cloudflare.com [6] siliconangle.com [7] venturebeat.com

Cloudflare acquires Eager apps platform Cloudflare 100 million fund app store developer

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