mLab (originally MongoLab) was a San Francisco-based[1] 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.

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

History

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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 million[3] and shortly thereafter, mLab was named by Network World[4] 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

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mLab serviced 25 data centers across the world

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

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Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.