Bitbar
Bitbar is a Finnish mobile software development and testing company, with offices in San Jose, Helsinki[1], Oulu and Wrocław. Bitbar offers Bitbar Cloud (previously known as Testdroid), a solution for enabling mobile DevOps. The purpose of the platform is to enable mobile teams to fully automate every stage of their mobile delivery process and accelerate mobile software development life cycle.
History[edit]
Bitbar was founded by Marko Kaasila[2][3], Jouko Kaasila, and Sakari Rautiainen in Helsinki in 2009.
In March 2012, Bitbar announced an initial seed funding from five angel investors and Scandinavian early stage investor Finnvera Venture Capital[4] along with the public release of Testdroid[5], a cloud-based testing platform[6] allowing developers to test apps on Android[7][8] and iOS powered devices simultaneously. In June, the company attended Google I/O 2012.[9]
In April 2013, Bitbar closed a venture round of $3 million from Creathor Ventures, DFJ Esprit, Finnvera Venture Capital, Finland's TEKES and Qualcomm.[10][11]
In September 2014, Bitbar enabled free access to Intel Atom based Android devices for mobile application and game testers.[12][13]
In May 2015, Bitbar raised an undisclosed Series A funding round from Inventure and existing investors.[14] Investors were quoted as being attracted by Bitbar's strong customer base, including Google, PayPal, Rovio, Supercell, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, and eBay.[15]
In September 2018, Bitbar launched an artificial intelligence driven mobile app testing solution[16] with the announcement of AI Testbot[17].
Products[edit]
Bitbar offers Bitbar Cloud (previously Testdroid Cloud[18]), a mobile development and testing platform with Public Cloud, Private Cloud and On-Premise (previously Testdroid Enterprise[19]).
The platform comprises two major components: Bitbar Testing for mobile app testing on physical devices and Bitbar Monitoring for synthetic monitoring of mobile apps. It supports virtualization technology such as containers and virtual machine images and provides support for many native Android and iOS testing frameworks. It also integrates with DevOps tools in the areas of build automation, continuous integration, team collaboration, and issue tracking like JIRA[20].
References[edit]
- ↑ "These 12 Startups Prove Angry Birds Isn't The Only Hot Tech Product To Come Out Of Finland". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ Marko Kaasila (4 June 2013). "Why investors should make it rain on developer tools". Guest Post. Venture Beat. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Expert Interview Series: Marko Kaasila, CEO, Bitbar | NETSCOUT". enterprise.netscout.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ "Bitbar Raises Seed Funding |FinSMEs". FinSMEs. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ "Bitbar Announces Funding, Releases Services For Automatic Android App Testing - ArcticStartup". ArcticStartup. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ "Finland's Testdroid takes mobile app testing to the Cloud". Good News from Finland. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ "Testdroid brings simplified Android app testing with over 100 devices ready and Waiting". Android Seeker. 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ "Testdroid delivers cloud-based testing platform For Android mobile devices - SD Times". SD Times. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ "Testdroid Testing Platform for Android Announced at Google I/O 2012". thedroidguy.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ Steve O'Hear (17 April 2013). "Bitbar Raises $3M From Qualcomm, Creathor, DFJ Esprit, And Finnvera For Its Testdroid Mobile App Testing Platform". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ Greg Anderson (17 April 2013). "Bitbar Raises €2.28 Million To Expand Mobile Device Testing". Arctic Startups. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Free App Testing on Intel-Based Android Devices with Testdroid Cloud". software.intel.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ Harris, Richard. "App Developers Can Now Test Intel based Android Devices for Free on Testdroid". App Developer Magazine. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ "Inventure backs Bitbar Technologies - PE Hub". PE Hub. 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ Louis Bedigian (18 April 2013). "This Startup's 'Stunning Customer List' Was Worth a $3 Million Investment". Benzinga. NASDAQ. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Bitbar Launches World's Largest Artificial Intelligence Driven Mobile App Testing Solution". Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ "Bitbar Technologies Launches AI Testbot | DEVOPSdigest". www.devopsdigest.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ↑ Krill, Paul. "8 great testing tools for mobile app developers". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ "Testdroid Enterprise Brings the Ease of Building In-House Development and Testing Labs to Mobile Apps, Starting from $99 per Device Per Month". Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ↑ "Testdroid Mobile Device Farm Is Now Integrated with JIRA". InfoQ. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
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