Tech Company Financing Transactions

Piazza Funding Round

Piazza closed a $6 million Series A funding round on 1/6/2012. Backers included Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures and Kapor Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/6/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$6,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Ethan Kurzweil)

Felicis Ventures (Aydin Senkut)

Kapor Capital (Mitch Kapor)

Proceeds Purpose
The company plans to use the money for research and development to expand the range of interactions it supports on its social platform, while simultaneously expanding its outreach efforts to hundreds more schools and beyond.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
101 University Ave. 300
Palo Alto, CA 94301
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Piazza is a free, online collaboration platform for students and teachers to communicate about complex problems in real time.
Profile
Piazza LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Piazza Company Twitter Account
Company News
Piazza News
Facebook
Piazza on Facebook
YouTube
Piazza on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Pooja Sankar
  Pooja Sankar LinkedIn Profile  Pooja Sankar Twitter Account  Pooja Sankar News  Pooja Sankar on Facebook


 

 

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