# FlowFuse raises $7.25M Seed Round to bring Node-RED to the Enterprise > FlowFuse raises a $7.25M Seed Round from Cota Capital and Open Core Ventures to bring Node-RED to the enterprise market. Since the [launch of FlowFuse](/blog/2021/04/first-deploy/) in April 2021 our goal has been to build a low-code, enterprise-ready development platform based on Node-RED. We wanted to make it easier for enterprises to adopt, integrate, and scale Node-RED into their existing environments. We published our [first version](/blog/2022/01/flowforge-01-released/) at the start of this year and have continued the journey to the [launch of FlowFuse v1.0](/blog/2022/10/flowforge-1-released/) just last week. Each of these releases has moved us towards our goal of creating a platform for integrating the IT and OT for all organizations, built around an open core. ### FlowFuse is Node-RED for the enterprise Node-RED is an incredible tool that has allowed many organizations to quickly and easily integrate both their IT and OT. The sheer range and variety of solutions created with Node-RED today go far beyond what we imagined. But we’ve also seen the challenges faced by companies wanting to take their Node-RED solutions into production and beyond. This is where FlowFuse comes in. It addresses those challenges by adding security, collaboration and deployment capabilities. ### Our $7.25M Seed Round Today, we’re super excited to announce a $7.25M seed round led by Cota Capital, joined by Westwave Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Open Core Ventures. This brings a huge amount of extensive knowledge and experience in IoT, open source, enterprise-ready software solutions. This investment will enable us to continue growing the team and platform to realize our vision of FlowFuse being the best way to achieve enterprise-ready Node-RED. It will enable us to invest back into the core Node-RED project to further its development. One of our core company principles is around Open Source Stewardship - the success of FlowFuse relies on a strong and successful Node-RED community. We’ll be bringing more collaboration features to the FlowFuse platform to enable true collaborative, team-based working. We’ll expand our [Devices offering](/docs/user/concepts/#device) to make it far easier to run Node-RED wherever it suits your use-case, from data center to remote edge locations. Above all, we’ll be building a company that is open, sustainable, and fun to work at. We already have some job openings available - check out our [jobs board]( ) if you’re interested in joining our team. If you’re interested in learning more about what we’re doing, or have any questions, please do [get in touch](/contact-us/)!