<p>Mirantis, a systems integrator focused on open cloud solutions, particularly OpenStack, has announced that it closed $10 million (6.2m) in growth capital financing from Dell Ventures, Intel Capital and WestSummit Capital.</p><p>Mirantis officials said the investment will be used to accelerate Mirantis' growth in the OpenStack market. The privately held company was previously financed through sales revenues.Vendor-neutral</p><p>As Mirantis increases its presence in the OpenStack market, it will remain true to its focus of providing a vendor-neutral implementation of OpenStack, free of lock-in hooks or proprietary packaging, the company said.</p><p>"This funding signifies the fact that OpenStack is entering a realm where it is being considered a real force in the future cloud computing technology landscape," Alex Freedland, co-founder and chairman of Mirantis, told eWEEK. "There has been significant hype around OpenStack in the last 12 months, but all investment funds behind OpenStack to-date are bets that OpenStack will make it. This funding is the first growth capital round based on the evidence that OpenStack is getting significant traction in the industry and a further validation that Mirantis has been able to significantly influence the commercial adoption of OpenStack."</p><p><a href="http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/intel-capital-contributes-to-mirantis-10m-funding-round-104048">Keep reading...</a></p>