Tech Company Financing Transactions

OpenSignal Funding Round

On 8/5/2014, OpenSignal landed $4 million in Series A funding from Qualcomm Ventures, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Passion Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
8/5/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$4,000,000
Round
Series A
Proceeds Purpose
We'll be using the funding primarily for growing the OpenSignal team and are particularly looking for people that like data as much as we do, whether it's mining datasets for hidden correlations, telling stories with intuitive visualisations or building a scalable pipeline for handling large volumes of data.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
3 Angel Sq. 1st Floor
London, EC1V 1NY
UK
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
With your help, we're creating a comprehensive database of cell phone towers, cell phone signal strength readings, and Wi-Fi access points around the world. This data is collected via our Android application and uploaded to our servers, taking care to use as little processing power and battery life as possible.
Profile
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Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
OpenSignal on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Shirin Dehghan
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Chief Executive Officer
Brendan Gill
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Chief Financial Officer
Patrick Dowling
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Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Burns
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Vice President
James Robinson
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VP - Bus. Development
Sam Westwood
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VP - Product Management
Iain Marsden
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