Nuon Helps Companies Seamlessly Deploy Their Software into Customers' Cloud Accounts

In 2019, Jon Morehouse launched PowerTools, a platform designed to help companies ship static sites and serverless apps to their cloud accounts on providers like AWS and Azure. However, when a customer asked him if they could use PowerTools to deploy their software into one of their customer’s cloud accounts, Morehouse was skeptical.

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A Pivot Towards BYOC

Morehouse told TechCrunch that after that question, he started talking to other SaaS founders about the concept of deploying their applications into customers’ clouds. He discovered that this was something founders were being asked frequently from their customers. So, he decided to pivot.

In 2021, Morehouse launched Nuon, a ‘bring your own cloud’ (BYOC) platform building tool. Nuon’s tools are meant to help SaaS companies deploy their applications and software to their customers’ cloud accounts easily while still offering the same benefits a customer gets by using a vendor-hosted software like turning on servers or running updates on the product.

The Concept of BYOC

"It’s like a hybrid of SaaS and self-hosted," Morehouse, now CEO, said. "It’s deployed in the customer’s account, so it’s isolated, it’s deeply integrated, their data stays with them, but it has that SaaS experience, and it’s managed by the vendors."

The Problem with Manual Deployment

Morehouse added that while some SaaS companies answer this ask from their customers by manually deploying their software into a company’s cloud each time, that’s expensive, time-consuming, and hard to scale. He added that some companies, like larger enterprises, essentially require their software to be in their cloud.

"This is kind of the elephant in the room that I think a lot of founders stay up at night about," he said. "This is the thing that could kill their company, because if they can’t figure out how to power their most sensitive — and their biggest — users, then it’s game over."

Nuon’s Solution

Nuon looks to fill that void with its BYOC platform. The platform allows SaaS companies to deploy their applications and software to their customers’ cloud accounts easily while still offering the same benefits as vendor-hosted software.

Funding and Growth

In a recent funding round, Nuon raised $10 million in seed funding from investors including M12, Mantis VC, and Uncork Capital. The company plans to use the funds to expand its team and continue developing its BYOC platform.

"We believe the next 17 years of software is going to be built for bring-your-own cloud," Morehouse said. "It’s going to be AI first. It’s going to be designed to run in the customer’s cloud first."

The Future of SaaS

As the industry continues to evolve, it’s clear that BYOC platforms like Nuon will play a major role in shaping the future of software development.

"With Nuon, we’re not just building a platform for deploying software," Morehouse said. "We’re building a new way of thinking about software development and deployment."

Key Takeaways

Nuon is a BYOC platform that allows SaaS companies to deploy their applications and software to their customers’ cloud accounts easily.
The company raised $10 million in seed funding from investors including M12, Mantis VC, and Uncork Capital.
Nuon plans to use the funds to expand its team and continue developing its BYOC platform.