Tech Company Financing Transactions

SlideShare Funding Round

SlideShare closed a $3 million Series A funding round on 5/8/2008. Backers included Venrock.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/8/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$3,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Venrock (Lead Investor) (David Siminoff)

Proceeds Purpose
SlideShare will use the financing to expand its San Francisco operations, invest in product development and accelerate customer adoption.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
490 2nd St 300
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations. SlideShare gives users such as professionals, academics and authors the ability to publish and share presentations over the Web, on their blog, website, facebook profile or on slideshare.net.
Profile
SlideShare LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
SlideShare Company Twitter Account
Company News
SlideShare News
Facebook
SlideShare on Facebook
YouTube
SlideShare on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Rashmi Sinha
  Rashmi Sinha LinkedIn Profile  Rashmi Sinha Twitter Account  Rashmi Sinha News  Rashmi Sinha on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Amit Ranjan
  Amit Ranjan LinkedIn Profile  Amit Ranjan Twitter Account  Amit Ranjan News  Amit Ranjan on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Jonathan Boutelle
  Jonathan Boutelle LinkedIn Profile  Jonathan Boutelle Twitter Account  Jonathan Boutelle News  Jonathan Boutelle on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Ross Mayfield
  Ross Mayfield LinkedIn Profile  Ross Mayfield Twitter Account  Ross Mayfield News  Ross Mayfield on Facebook


 

 

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