Tech Company Financing Transactions

Socrata Funding Round

OpenView Venture Partners, Frazier Technology Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures participated in a $18 million Series B funding round for Socrata. The funding round was announced by the company on 6/26/2013.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/26/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$18,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

OpenView Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Scott Maxwell)

Frazier Technology Ventures (Scott Darling)

Morgenthaler Ventures (Rebecca Lynn)

Proceeds Purpose
Socrata will use the new funding to expand its cloud infrastructure; scale its customer on-boarding, support and success programs globally; operationalize recently signed strategic partnerships; and more quickly develop the next wave of open data and government performance innovations for Socrata's customers and prospects.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
705 5th Ave S. 600
Seattle, WA 98104
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Socrata is an online community for producers, publishers, and consumers of data. Through a suite of innovative Web services, Socrata provides the world's most comprehensive platform for social data discovery.
Profile
Socrata LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Socrata Company Twitter Account
Company News
Socrata News
Facebook
Socrata on Facebook
YouTube
Socrata on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Merritt
  Kevin Merritt LinkedIn Profile  Kevin Merritt Twitter Account  Kevin Merritt News  Kevin Merritt on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Safouen Rabah
  Safouen Rabah LinkedIn Profile  Safouen Rabah Twitter Account  Safouen Rabah News  Safouen Rabah on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Bridget Quigg
  Bridget Quigg LinkedIn Profile  Bridget Quigg Twitter Account  Bridget Quigg News  Bridget Quigg on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Franklin Williams
  Franklin Williams LinkedIn Profile  Franklin Williams Twitter Account  Franklin Williams News  Franklin Williams on Facebook
VP - Sales
Matthew Miszweski
  Matthew Miszweski LinkedIn Profile  Matthew Miszweski Twitter Account  Matthew Miszweski News  Matthew Miszweski on Facebook


 

 

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