AppDynamics is a four-year-old start-up that can tick off all the current buzzwords that make a VC get out a pen and write a check – to wit, it manages and accelerates federated web apps in the cloud, tries to make sure they stay up and spots problems with their web sites.
So it’s gotten a juicy $50 million D round led by Institutional Venture Partners after the VC discovered that a lot of its portfolio companies were using the stuff.
Other enterprise customers include Cornell University, Orbitz, Expedia, Tivo, Overstock.com, Fox News, Staples, Time Warner Cable, Intuit, Priceline and Netflix. It reportedly has 500 clients.