Tech Company Financing Transactions

CouchSurfing Funding Round

CouchSurfing secured a $15 million Series B funding round on 8/22/2012. Investors included General Catalyst Partners, Benchmark Capital and Menlo Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
CouchSurfing
Announced On
8/22/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

General Catalyst Partners (Lead Investor) (Jonathan Teo)

Benchmark Capital (Matthew Cohler)

Menlo Ventures (Shervin Pishevar)

Omidyar Network (Todor Tashev)

Proceeds Purpose
The additional funding brings the company's total funds raised in the past year to $22.6 million and will help expand product management and engineering teams to enable faster innovation across its mobile and online platforms.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
PO Box 7775 ECM 86600
San Francisco, CA 94120
USA
Phone
(650) 223-3521
Website
www.couchsurfing.com
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Couchsurfers share their homes, cities and lives in profound in meaningful ways, making travel anywhere in the world a truly social experience.
Profile
CouchSurfing LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
CouchSurfing Company Twitter Account
Company News
CouchSurfing News
Facebook
CouchSurfing on Facebook
YouTube
CouchSurfing on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Tony Espinoza
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Co-Founder
Daniel Hoffer
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Co-Founder
Sebastien Tuan
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VP - Bus. Development
Jason Sanders
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VP - Operations
Steve Phillips
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VP - Product Management
Andrew Geweke
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