Tech Company Financing Transactions

Kontera Funding Round

Kontera, operating out of San Francisco, secured $10.3 million in investment from Viola Ventures, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
8/13/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,300,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Viola Ventures (Lead Investor) (Rina Shainski)

Lehman Brothers Venture Partners (Thomas Banahan)

Sequoia Capital

Proceeds Purpose
"This round of funding will be used to scale our sales, marketing and R&D operations to meet client and market growth," added CEO Yoav Shaham.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
1940 Bryant St. 1st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Email Address
Overview
Kontera is a leading provider of In-Text Advertising Solutions, based on patent-pending contextual analysis technology that increases revenue and ROI for Web publishers and advertisers.
Profile
Kontera LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Kontera Company Twitter Account
Company News
Kontera News
Facebook
Kontera on Facebook
YouTube
Kontera on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Yoav Shaham
  Yoav Shaham LinkedIn Profile  Yoav Shaham Twitter Account  Yoav Shaham News  Yoav Shaham on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Ayelet Levav
  Ayelet Levav LinkedIn Profile  Ayelet Levav Twitter Account  Ayelet Levav News  Ayelet Levav on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Ammiel Kamon
  Ammiel Kamon LinkedIn Profile  Ammiel Kamon Twitter Account  Ammiel Kamon News  Ammiel Kamon on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Assaf Henkin
  Assaf Henkin LinkedIn Profile  Assaf Henkin Twitter Account  Assaf Henkin News  Assaf Henkin on Facebook
VP - R & D
Itai Brickner
  Itai Brickner LinkedIn Profile  Itai Brickner Twitter Account  Itai Brickner News  Itai Brickner on Facebook


 

 

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