Tech Company Financing Transactions

GitHub Funding Round

On 7/30/2015, GitHub received $250 million in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and IVP.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/30/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$250,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Sequoia Capital (Lead Investor)

Andreessen Horowitz (Peter Levine)

IVP (Eric Liaw)

Thrive Capital

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed by the company.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
88 Colin P Kelly Junior St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Email Address
Overview
GitHub is where people build software. More than 14 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 35 million projects.
Profile
GitHub LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
GitHub Company Twitter Account
Company News
GitHub News
Facebook
GitHub on Facebook
YouTube
GitHub on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Wanstrath
  Chris Wanstrath LinkedIn Profile  Chris Wanstrath Twitter Account  Chris Wanstrath News  Chris Wanstrath on Facebook
President
Tom Preston-Werner
  Tom Preston-Werner LinkedIn Profile  Tom Preston-Werner Twitter Account  Tom Preston-Werner News  Tom Preston-Werner on Facebook


 

 

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