<s>
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
develops	O
and	O
provides	O
commercial	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
source-available	B-License
database	O
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
a	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
database	O
that	O
stores	O
data	O
in	O
JSON-like	O
documents	O
with	O
flexible	O
schemas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
first	O
established	O
in	O
2007	O
as	O
10gen	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
10gen	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
by	O
former	O
DoubleClick	O
founder	O
and	O
CTO	O
Dwight	O
Merriman	O
and	O
former	O
DoubleClick	O
CEO	O
and	O
Gilt	O
Groupe	O
founder	O
Kevin	O
P	O
.	O
Ryan	O
with	O
former	O
Doubleclick	O
engineer	O
and	O
ShopWiki	O
founder	O
and	O
CTO	O
Eliot	O
Horowitz	O
and	O
received	O
$81	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
from	O
Flybridge	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
,	O
In-Q-Tel	O
,	O
Intel	O
Capital	O
,	O
New	O
Enterprise	O
Associates	O
(	O
NEA	O
)	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
Sequoia	O
Capital	O
,	O
and	O
Union	O
Square	O
Ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
10gen	B-General_Concept
originally	O
aimed	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
architecture	O
based	O
entirely	O
on	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
components	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
find	O
an	O
existing	O
database	O
platform	O
that	O
met	O
their	O
"	O
principles	O
"	O
for	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
began	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
document-oriented	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
system	O
it	O
called	O
MongoDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
realizing	O
the	O
potential	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
10gen	B-General_Concept
's	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
scrap	O
its	O
cloud	B-Architecture
platform	O
and	O
focus	O
on	O
maintaining	O
MongoDB	B-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
10gen	B-General_Concept
released	O
MongoDB	B-Application
as	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
10gen	B-General_Concept
opened	O
its	O
first	O
west	O
coast	O
office	O
in	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
having	O
offices	O
in	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
,	O
Reston	O
,	O
London	O
,	O
Dublin	O
,	O
Barcelona	O
,	O
and	O
Sydney	O
by	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
10gen	B-General_Concept
was	O
in	O
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
's	O
The	O
Next	O
Big	O
Thing	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
10gen	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
change	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
MongoDB	O
Inc.	O
,	O
associating	O
itself	O
more	O
closely	O
with	O
what	O
ultimately	O
became	O
its	O
flagship	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MongoDB	O
Inc.	O
,	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
10gen	B-General_Concept
,	O
has	O
received	O
funding	O
from	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Government	O
through	O
the	O
CIA-sponsored	O
venture	O
capital	O
arm	O
In-Q-Tel	O
.	O
</s>
