Tech Company Financing Transactions

Wishpot Funding Round

Monster Venture Partners and private investors joined a $1 million Series A funding round for Wishpot. The round was announced on 4/29/2008.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/29/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Monster Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Robert Monster)

private investors (Adrian Hanauer)

Proceeds Purpose
Wishpot is planning to use the funds to further enhance its vertical offerings, improve the Wishpot platform, increase the business development activities, and introduce business analytics for enterprise customers of the platform.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
824 Kirkland Ave.
Kirkland, WA 98033
USA
Email Address
Overview
Wishpot, founded in 2006 out of Seattle by veterans of Microsoft, is a personal and social shopping utility that makes it easy to save, share and discover interesting products.
Profile
Wishpot LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Wishpot Company Twitter Account
Company News
Wishpot News
Facebook
Wishpot on Facebook
YouTube
Wishpot on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Max Ciccotosto
  Max Ciccotosto LinkedIn Profile  Max Ciccotosto Twitter Account  Max Ciccotosto News  Max Ciccotosto on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Tom Lianza
  Tom Lianza LinkedIn Profile  Tom Lianza Twitter Account  Tom Lianza News  Tom Lianza on Facebook


 

 

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