Launching an open-source company isn't easy. Even the biggest pure-play open-source company, Red Hat, got its humble start in founding CEO Bob Young's wife's sewing closet. More recently, when Appwrite, a Backend as a Service (BaaS) business, CEO and founder Eldad Fux literally had \"his back to the wall.\" Luckily for him, Fux obtained seed funding at the last minute.<\/p>\n
By April 2022, Appwrite has gotten $27 million in funding. Looking ahead, the open-source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform for web, mobile, and flutterdevelopers with its integrated REST APIs future looks bright. With 27 full-time Appwriters and a community of over 150,000 developers, Appwrite may become a major developer success story. <\/p>\n
That's great, but there was a lot of terror along the way. So, Fux has decided that he needs to give back to the open-source community. <\/p>\n
The company is doing this with the \"Appwrite OSS Fund.\" The idea behind the fund is to support open-source developers and their projects. <\/p>\n
Here's how it works: <\/p>\n
Now, this is not millions. You won't be launching a company with this funding. And, it certainly doesn't address the fundamental problem of early-stage open-source project funding. But, if you have an idea and you need just enough cash to get your show on the road, this may be exactly what you need. <\/p>\n
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