Tech Company Financing Transactions

Slack Funding Round

On 10/31/2014, Slack raised $120 million in financing from GV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Accel Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/31/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$120,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

GV (Lead Investor) (MG Siegler)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Lead Investor) (John Doerr)

Accel Partners (Andrew Braccia)

Andreessen Horowitz (John O'Farrell)

Social Capital (Mamoon Hamid)

Proceeds Purpose
These next 6 to 18 months are going to be critical for growth and this funding round gives us unlimited flexibility to ensure that Slack's momentum will continue to pick up steam.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
500 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Slack (NYSE: WORK) is a real-time messaging, archiving and search tool for modern teams.
Profile
Slack LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Slack Company Twitter Account
Company News
Slack News
Facebook
Slack on Facebook
YouTube
Slack on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Stewart Butterfield
  Stewart Butterfield LinkedIn Profile  Stewart Butterfield Twitter Account  Stewart Butterfield News  Stewart Butterfield on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Allen Shim
  Allen Shim LinkedIn Profile  Allen Shim Twitter Account  Allen Shim News  Allen Shim on Facebook


 

 

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