Tech Company Financing Transactions

Quora Funding Round

On 4/9/2014, Quora raised $80 million in funding from Tiger Global Management, Benchmark Capital and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/9/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$80,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Tiger Global Management (Lead Investor)

Benchmark Capital (Matthew Cohler)

private investors (Peter Thiel)

Matrix Partners

North Bridge Venture Partners (Jonathan Heiliger)

Proceeds Purpose
Most of the money is just going to sit in our bank and be insurance for us, in case there's some sort of financial crisis, or anything unusual that might happen.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
650 Castro St. 450
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Quora is a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it. The most important thing is to have each question page become the best possible resource for someone who wants to know about the question.
Profile
Quora LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Quora Company Twitter Account
Company News
Quora News
Facebook
Quora on Facebook
YouTube
Quora on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Founder
Charlie Cheever
  Charlie Cheever LinkedIn Profile  Charlie Cheever Twitter Account  Charlie Cheever News  Charlie Cheever on Facebook
Founder
Adam D'Angelo
  Adam D'Angelo LinkedIn Profile  Adam D'Angelo Twitter Account  Adam D'Angelo News  Adam D'Angelo on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Kevin Der
  Kevin Der LinkedIn Profile  Kevin Der Twitter Account  Kevin Der News  Kevin Der on Facebook


 

 

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