As reported this morning by Venture Beat, among others, DeviceVM has new partners in Merus Capital, an awesome venture firm that was started by some ex-Google and Microsoft executives. It’s especially cool because we’re the first company that Merus has invested in! Here’s what Venture Beat says:

“The investment is notable because it is the first investment the firm, founded by Salman Ullah, the recently departed vice president of business development at Google, Sean Dempsey, former Principal of Corporate Development at Google, and Peter Hsing, former Managing Director of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft (our coverage of Ullah’s new fund, here).”

Also, we’re really excited that Larry Augustin, founder of SourceForge, has joined our board of directors. Larry is a really nice guy with lots of insight as to how we can make our software more accessible to the larger community.

Personally, I’m enthused that such quality individuals see the vision of DeviceVM and want to help shape it. The ability to access your favorite web applications seconds after you hit the power button is a simple concept, but making sure that such important technology reaches every consumer will take a team of dedicated employees, investors and advisers. Welcome to the team Merus Capital and Larry Augustin!

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