Sīlavāpi Cheesley

Sīlavāpi (ex Ruth) is an Open Source advocate with over 18 years of experience using and contributing to many different projects. Having served on the Community Leadership Team of the Joomla! project and built a full-service digital agency, she now works as Project Lead for Mautic, supporting the community who build and maintain the world’s first Open Source Marketing Automation platform. Sīlavāpi is an ordained Buddhist in the Triratna Buddhist Order. She's a lover of cats, a keen triathlete and flautist (but not at the same time!) and is based in the East of England.

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Mautic 6 Certified Developer October 29, 2025

Sīlavāpi Cheesley

Sīlavāpi (ex Ruth) is an Open Source advocate with over 18 years of experience using and contributing to many different projects. Having served on the Community Leadership Team of the Joomla! project and built a full-service digital agency, she now works as Project Lead for Mautic, supporting the community who build and maintain the world’s first Open Source Marketing Automation platform. Sīlavāpi is an ordained Buddhist in the Triratna Buddhist Order. She's a lover of cats, a keen triathlete and flautist (but not at the same time!) and is based in the East of England.

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Mautic Open Startup Report header for August 2026, Report No. 42, with the strapline 'Where the money comes from, where it goes, and how our community keeps growing, shared in the open,' set on a dark navy background beside a teal panel showing a stylised ascending bar chart.
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Open Startup Report #42, August 2026

Note: This is the second report written in something close to real time since I returned from sabbatical. I’m experimenting with using Claude (thanks to

Image of two hands holding white jigsaw pieces, one saying 'idea' and the other saying 'funding' and they seem to be coming to join together. It has the NLNet and Mautic logos on the bottom with the NGI Zero Core logo on the right. The background is a grey colour.
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Marketing without surveillance funded by NLnet

TL;DR: NLnet just awarded Mautic just over €72,000 through the NGI Zero Commons Fund to build the first marketing automation platform that can run with

Image of a stage with spotlights shining on it
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Nominations are open for the 2026 Mautic Awards

It’s that time again! A chance to shine among your peers and be recognized in one of the most anticipated celebrations in the Mautic ecosystem.

Sunrise over a misty lake Dal in Kashmir, India.
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Open Startup Report #40 – June 2026

Note: The February to June reports are being back-dated, written in July 2026, as I have been out on sabbatical. I’m experimenting with using Claude

A photo of tulips in different colours with a blurred background
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Open Startup Report #39 – May 2026

Note: The February to June reports are being back-dated, written in July 2026, as I have been out on sabbatical. I’m experimenting with using Claude

Five daisies floating on top of blue water
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Open Startup Report #38 – April 2026

Note: The February to June reports are being back-dated, written in July 2026, as I have been out on sabbatical. I’m experimenting with using Claude

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