Tech Company Financing Transactions

xkoto Funding Round

xkoto, based in Waltham, secured $3 million from GrandBanks Capital and Growthworks Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/31/2009
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$3,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

GrandBanks Capital (Timothy Wright)

Growthworks Capital (Roger Chabra)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
275 Wyman Street 130
Waltham, MA 02451
USA
Email Address
Overview
Drawing on emerging ideas from utility, grid, and commodity computing, xkoto's concept of database load balancing arose out of efforts to help customers manage their web infrastructure.
Profile
xkoto LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
xkoto Company Twitter Account
Company News
xkoto News
Facebook
xkoto on Facebook
YouTube
xkoto on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Patrick
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Chief Financial Officer
Dermot O'Grady
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Chief Technical Officer
Ariff Kassam
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Co-Founder
Albert Lee
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VP - Engineering
Jeff Heisz
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VP - Marketing
Charlie Ungashick
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VP - Sales
John Hamilton
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VP - Sales
Roger Walker
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