MongoDB is a leading NoSQL database that provides a flexible, scalable, and high-performance solution for managing large sets of unstructured data. It was founded in 2007 by Dwight Merriman, Eliot Horowitz, and Kevin Ryan, initially as part of the company 10gen, which later pivoted to focus solely on the database and rebranded as MongoDB Inc.

The database is known for its document-oriented storage model, which uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas, making it highly adaptable to a variety of data types and applications.

Since its inception, MongoDB has grown rapidly in popularity due to its ease of use, scalability, and robust performance. It became open-source in 2009, fostering a large community of developers and contributors. The company went public in 2017, further solidifying its position in the tech industry.

Over the years, MongoDB has continued to innovate, introducing features such as Atlas, its fully managed cloud database service, and Realm, a mobile database, expanding its ecosystem and solidifying its reputation as a versatile and reliable database solution for modern applications.

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List of all the amazing companies covered:
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• Western Digital
• Zola
• Covariant
• Nomad Health
• dYdX
• OpenSky
• Viam
• Transcend Therapeutics
• Oui Therapeutics
• Affect Therapeutics
• ModernLoop
• Kits.AI
• Rogo
• Humming Homes
• Plural
• Cortina
• Pace
• Neurelo
• Walrus.ai
• Sort
• Decent
• Multiplayer
• Levanta
• Elpha

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Western Digital

Founder: Alex Kushnir
MongoDB Role: Business Development
Capital Raised: $901.4M
Investors: Apollo
Stage: Post-IPO Debt

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Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.

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Zola

Founder: Kevin Ryan
MongoDB Role: Founder & Chairman
Capital Raised: $240.8M
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners
Stage: Series D

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Zola is a wedding company that reinvents the wedding planning and registry experience.

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Covariant

Founder: Tianhao Zhang
MongoDB Role: Software Engineering Intern
Capital Raised: $222M
Investors: Index Ventures
Stage: Series C

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Covariant is an AI Robotics company developing a universal AI that enables robots to see, reason, and act on the world around them.

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Nomad Health

Founder: Alexander Nazem
MongoDB Role: Founder & Chairman
Capital Raised: $218M
Investors: First Round Capital
Stage: Series D

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Nomad Health is an online staffing marketplace that connects clinicians to healthcare jobs.

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dYdX

Founder: Antonio Juliano
MongoDB Role: Software Engineering Intern
Capital Raised: $87M
Investors: Craft Ventures
Stage: Series C

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dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, & Spot trading, as well as borrow/lend pools on Ethereum.

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OpenSky

Founder: Kevin Ambrosini
MongoDB Role: Director/VP, Strategy & Finance
Capital Raised: $49.4M
Investors: Providence Equity Partners
Stage: Series C

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OpenSky is a social shopping marketplace that helps people discover, buy, and share unique goods that match their individual taste.

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Viam

Founder: Eliot Horowitz
MongoDB Role: CTO & Co-Founder
Capital Raised: $42M
Investors: Union Square Ventures
Stage: Series A

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Viam is a robotics company that lets users build, monitor, and manage their smart machines via cloud-based management.

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Transcend Therapeutics

Founder: Kevin Ryan
MongoDB Role: Founder & Chairman
Capital Raised: $40M
Investors: Global Founders Capital
Stage: Grant

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Transcend Therapeutics offers novel pharmaceuticals for the critical care market.

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Oui Therapeutics

Founder: Leng Lee
MongoDB Role: Director of Product Management (Cloud)
Capital Raised: $26M
Investors: First Round Capital
Stage: Series A

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Oui Therapeutics is built on science shown to help people manage troubling thoughts.

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Affect Therapeutics

Founder: Kevin Ryan
MongoDB Role: Founder & Chairman
Capital Raised: $23M
Investors: AlleyCorp
Stage: Series A

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Affect Therapeutics uses mobile technology to revolutionize stimulant addiction recovery.

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Kits.AI

Founder: James Pastan
MongoDB Role: Associate Product Manager, Cloud Growth
Capital Raised: $14.3M
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz
Stage: Venture - Series Unknown

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Kits.AI is the industry-leading AI audio platform for music creators.

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ModernLoop

Founder: Christopher Triolo
MongoDB Role: Software Engineering Intern
Capital Raised: $12.1M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Series A

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ModernLoop is a platform to automate and streamline interview coordination to ensure a great hiring experience.

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Rogo

Founder: Gabriel Stengel
MongoDB Role: Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $10.5M
Investors: BoxGroup
Stage: Seed

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A personal research analyst for every banker and investor.

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Humming Homes

Founder: Adeel Mallick
MongoDB Role: Founder & Chairman
Capital Raised: $10.4M
Investors: Greycroft
Stage: Seed

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Humming Homes is an AI-Powered Home Manager, bringing ease to all of your home service needs.

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Plural

Founder: Samuel Weaver
MongoDB Role: Product Manager
Capital Raised: $7M
Investors: SignalFire
Stage: Seed

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Plural effortlessly deploys and operates production-ready open-source applications in minutes.

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Cortina

Founder: Keith George, Brooke Cundiff
MongoDB Role: Founder & Chairman
Capital Raised: $6M
Investors: Primary Venture Partners
Stage: Seed

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Cortina helps eCommerce Brands Sell Complementary Products without Inventory or Capital Risk.

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Pace

Founder: Justin Dignelli
MongoDB Role: Senior Director, Product GTM
Capital Raised: $5M
Investors: AlleyCorp
Stage: Seed

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With Pace, sellers at product-led companies can spend time growing revenue, not combing through dashboards.

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Neurelo

Founder: Chirag Shah
MongoDB Role: VP Products
Capital Raised: $5M
Investors: Foundation Capital
Stage: Seed

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Neurelo's Cloud Data API Platform offers a programming interface for databases to simplify and accelerate modern cloud app development.

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Walrus.ai

Founder: Akshay Nathan
MongoDB Role: Software Engineering Intern
Capital Raised: $4M
Investors: Felicis
Stage: Seed

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Walrus.ai is a new software company providing End-to-end tests in 1 line of code.

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Sort

Founder: Jason Zucchetto, Aaron Heckmann
MongoDB Role: Product Manager, Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $3.5M
Investors: The General Partnership
Stage: Seed

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Sort is a data collaboration tool for small teams to share and improve their data.

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Decent

Founder: Will Kantaros
MongoDB Role: Software Engineer Intern
Capital Raised: $3.5M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Seed

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Decent enables the artists of every industry to build on-chain through open tools.

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Multiplayer

Founder: Steph Johnson
MongoDB Role: VP Corporate Communications
Capital Raised: $3M
Investors: Bowery Capital
Stage: Seed

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Multiplayer is a collaborative tool that enables distributed development team cooperation.

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Levanta

Founder: Spencer McKenney
MongoDB Role: Software Engineer Intern
Capital Raised: $1.4M
Investors: LongRun Capital
Stage: Seed

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Levanta develops an affiliate marketing software purpose-built for Amazon.

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Elpha

Founder: Cadran Cowansage
MongoDB Role: Senior Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $1.3M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Seed

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