Tech Company Financing Transactions
Roku Funding Round
Roku secured a $45 million funding round on 7/27/2012. Backers included British Sky Broadcasting, Globespan Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
7/27/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$45,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
Globespan Capital Partners (Daniel Leff)
Menlo Ventures (Shawn Carolan)
Proceeds Purpose
Roku will use the new capital to build further brand awareness through advertising, develop new international markets, and increase engineering and production to support sales growth of both hardware and digital media services on the platform including advertising, games, transactional and pay-per-view video as well as content packages.
Company Information
Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Electronics
Mailing Address
1155 Coleman Ave.
San Jose, CA 95110
USA
San Jose, CA 95110
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) is a company founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood, the inventor of the personal video recorder (PVR). Roku is a leading supplier of innovative and easy to use digital media products.
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Anthony Wood
Chief Financial Officer
Steve Louden
Vice President
Ilya Asnis
VP - General Counsel
Stephen Kay
VP - Product Management
Scott Haas
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