MySQL AB - History

History

  • 1995 Company founded by Michael Widenius, David Axmark, and Allan Larsson
  • 2001 Mårten Mickos elected CEO
  • 2001 First round financing by Scandinavian venture capitalists
  • 2003 Second round financing by a group of investors headed by Benchmark Capital
  • 2003 Partnership agreement concluded with SAP, acquiring the full commercial rights to MaxDB
  • 2003 Acquired Alzato, a subsidiary of Ericsson
  • 2005 MySQL Network subscription service launched
  • 2006 Third round financing by Intel Capital, Red Hat, SAP Ventures, and others
  • 2008 Announcement of acquisition by Sun Microsystems
  • 2010 Announcement of acquisition by Oracle Corporation

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