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Tile Funding Round

Tile closed a $18 million Series B funding round on 6/2/2016. Investors included Bessemer Venture Partners, GGV Capital and Khosla Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/2/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$18,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Byron Deeter)

GGV Capital (Jeff Richards)

Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois)

Tandem Capital

Tencent Holdings

Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use its Series B funding for hiring, to ramp up manufacturing, and create a software-based version of its location awareness technology.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Electronics
Mailing Address
1900 S Norfolk St. 310
San Mateo, CA 94403
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Tile is a location tracking device and app that makes losing valuable items a thing of the past. Tiles are bluetooth low energy tags designed for attaching to valuable items so that these real-world objects -- wallets, bikes, suitcases etc -- can be traced if they go missing.
Profile
Tile LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Tile Company Twitter Account
Company News
Tile News
Facebook
Tile on Facebook
YouTube
Tile on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
CJ Prober
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Chief Operating Officer
Kristin Markworth
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Chief Technical Officer
Steve Klinkner
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VP - Bus. Development
Jeffrey Houle
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VP - Engineering
Jossie Haines
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VP - Finance
John Cowan
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VP - General Counsel
Kirsten Daru
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VP - Human Resources
Lissa Minkin
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VP - Marketing
Kathy Ando
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VP - Operations
Jon Halsey
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VP - Product Management
James Selby
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VP - Product Management
Winnie Wong
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