Tech Company Financing Transactions

Coverity Funding Round

Coverity closed a $22 million venture capital round on 2/19/2008. Backers included Benchmark Capital and Foundation Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/19/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$22,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Benchmark Capital (Bruce Dunlevie)

Foundation Capital (Paul Holland)

Proceeds Purpose
Coverity will use the funds to extend sales and marketing reach, and to expand its product portfolio through both acquisition and accelerated internal research and development efforts.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
185 Berry St. 6500
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Email Address
Overview
Coverity's groundbreaking technology enables developers to control complexity in the development process by automatically finding and helping to repair critical software defects and security vulnerabilities early in the application lifecycle.
Profile
Coverity LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Coverity Company Twitter Account
Company News
Coverity News
Facebook
Coverity on Facebook
YouTube
Coverity on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Anthony Bettencourt
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Chief Financial Officer
John Calonico
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Chief Technical Officer
Andy Chou
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VP - Customer Service
Sunil Nagdev
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VP - Human Resources
Carol MacKinlay
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VP - Marketing
Jennifer Johnson
  Jennifer Johnson LinkedIn Profile  Jennifer Johnson Twitter Account  Jennifer Johnson News  Jennifer Johnson on Facebook
VP - R & D
Andreas Kuehlmann
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