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CloudStack was originally developed by Cloud.com, formerly known as VMOps.<ref name="the-channel">{{cite news |url= http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/05/04/cloud_com_launch/ |title= Cloud.com takes on virty infrastructure |work= The Channel |date= May 4, 2010 |author= Timothy Prickett Morgan |access-date= December 12, 2017 |archive-date= August 13, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160813073209/http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/05/04/cloud_com_launch/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

VMOps was founded by [[Sheng Liang]], Shannon Williams, [[Alex Huang]], Will Chan, and Chiradeep Vittal in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2530517/data-center/start-up-vmops-aims-to-ease-cloud-deployments.html |title=Start-up VMOps aims to ease cloud deployments |work=Network World |date=January 28, 2009 |author=John Fontana |access-date=June 1, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213015235/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2530517/data-center/start-up-vmops-aims-to-ease-cloud-deployments.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Company Overview |work= VMOps web site |url= http://vmops.com/corporate/company.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date= January 22, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122055748/http://vmops.com/corporate/company.shtml |access-date=June 1, 2013 }}</ref>

The company raised a total of $17.6M in venture funding<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/2010/02/18/vmops |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221121343/http://gigaom.com/2010/02/18/vmops/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 21, 2010 |title=More Cash for Hot New Cloud Startup, VMOps |publisher=Gigaom.com |date=February 18, 2010 |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> from [[Redpoint Ventures]], Nexus Ventures and [[Index Ventures]] (Redpoint and Nexus led the initial Series A funding round). The company changed its name from VMOps to Cloud.com on May 4, 2010, when it emerged from [[stealth mode]] by announcing its product.<ref>{{Cite press release |url= http://cloud.com/main/company/press-release/cloud.com-launches-extends-leadership-team-and-announces-new-funding |title= Cloud.com Launches, Extends Leadership Team and Announces New Funding |publisher=Cloud.com |date= May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919000924/http://cloud.com/main/company/press-release/cloud.com-launches-extends-leadership-team-and-announces-new-funding |archive-date=September 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="the-channel"/><ref>{{cite web |author= Dave Rosenberg |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20004051-62.html |title= Cloud.com software stack goes open source |work= Software, Interrupted |publisher= CNET News |date= May 4, 2010 |access-date= June 18, 2012 |archive-date= October 26, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026021503/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20004051-62.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> Cloud.com was based in [[Cupertino]], [[California]].