Tech Company Financing Transactions

Writer Funding Round

Writer secured a $21 million Series A funding round on 11/16/2021. Investors included Insight Venture Partners, Gradient Ventures and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/16/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$21,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Insight Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Ryan Hinkle)

Gradient Ventures (Anna Patterson)

private investors (Alex MacCaw)

private investors (Allison Pickens)

private investors (Ankur Nagpal)

private investors (Austin Rief)

private investors (Camille Ricketts)

private investors (Jack Altman)

private investors (James Beshara)

private investors (Julia Lipton)

private investors (Lenny Rachitsky)

private investors (Oliver Jay)

private investors (Packy McCormick)

private investors (Scott Belsky)

private investors (Vivek Sodera)

The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund

Proceeds Purpose
The funding will be used to invest in product, engineering, and GTM hiring.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
140 Geary St. 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
USA
Email Address
Overview
Writer is the AI writing assistant for the world's smartest brands. We help brand owners and content leaders scale their messaging, communication style, and must-have language, no matter who's writing. Top brands like Twitter, Intuit, and McKesson have standardized their content creation on Writer.
Profile
Writer LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Writer Company Twitter Account
Company News
Writer News
Facebook
Writer on Facebook
YouTube
Writer on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
May Habib
  May Habib LinkedIn Profile  May Habib Twitter Account  May Habib News  May Habib on Facebook
Co-Founder
Waseem Alshikh
  Waseem Alshikh LinkedIn Profile  Waseem Alshikh Twitter Account  Waseem Alshikh News  Waseem Alshikh on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Sam Havens
  Sam Havens LinkedIn Profile  Sam Havens Twitter Account  Sam Havens News  Sam Havens on Facebook


 

 

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