Github was bootstrapped from 2008 until finally taking $100M in 2012. I don't think they needed the money, so they probably got it on really good terms. I don

Github was bootstrapped from 2008 until finally taking $100M in 2012. I don't think they needed the money, so they probably got it on really good terms. I don't think the investors have much sway in daily affairs nor control of the board. Projects like this can have marketing or brand value far beyond the cost of two engineers. Also, it seems like parts of atom.io could eventually be integrated right into the github website.