Tech Company Financing Transactions
Vlingo Funding Round
Yahoo!, CRV and Sigma Prime Ventures invested in a $20 million Series B funding round for Vlingo. The round was announced on 4/2/2008.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
4/2/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
Vlingo will use the capital to fuel international expansion and continue its product research and development.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Wireless
Mailing Address
17 Dunster Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
At vlingo we unlock access to wireless data services. We provide wireless carriers and wireless application providers a voice interface to their applications. With vlingo, instead of triple-tapping on a small keyboard, users can now simply speak to their mobile phones to enter search terms, addresses or any other text.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Dave Grannan
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Barone
Chief Technical Officer
Mike Phillips
VP - Engineering
John Nguyen
VP - Marketing
Chris Barnett
VP - Operations
Charlie Rutledge
VP - Sales
Troy Cross
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