Sonatype is the Maven Company. It supports Maven, the Open Source Apache project, and adds value with add-on products like Nexus and M2Eclipse, as well as with Maven Support and Training offerings.

Maven is the leading Build and Release Management solution for software development projects that require collaboration among project teams and emphasize building from software components.

Sonatype Nexusâ„¢ is a Maven repository manager that enables reliable and configurable access to software components for development projects, with role based security, staging, promotion and procurement.

M2Eclipse is an Eclipse plugin to give developers and build & release engineers direct access to Maven repositories, project dependencies, configurations and other advanced editors.

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Sonatype added Charles Goldstuck as VP, Marketing.

Posted 1/27/12 at 7:27am
Sonatype added Tony Gilbert as VP, Sales.

Posted 1/26/12 at 10:34pm
Sonatype added Wayne Jackson as CEO.

Posted 10/31/11 at 1:34pm
Sonatype added Jason van Zyl as CTO.

Posted 2/16/11 at 4:16am
Sonatype added Mark De Visser as CEO.

Posted 11/25/08 at 2:18pm
Sonatype received $4.3M in Series A funding. (6/30/08)

Posted 9/30/11 at 5:23am via sec.gov
Sonatype received $11.6M in Series B funding. (9/13/10)

Posted 9/14/10 at 5:30pm via finsmes.com