Tech Company Financing Transactions

Unity Software Funding Round

On 7/14/2016, Unity Software received $181 million in Series C funding from DFJ Growth, China Investment Fund and FreeS VC.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/14/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$181,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

DFJ Growth (Lead Investor) (Barry Schuler)

China Investment Fund

FreeS VC

private investors (Max Levchin)

Sequoia Capital (Roelof Botha)

Thrive Capital

WestSummit Capital (Elise Huang)

Proceeds Purpose
Unity is poised to accelerate the advance of AR/VR with their unique 'write once/ publish many' engine which allows studios to easily support all hardware platforms without having to attempt to choose a winner.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
30 3rd St. 200
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Website
Email Address
Overview
Unity (NYSE: U) is all about technology that's both uniquely usable and extremely powerful. Focusing on clear interplay of features and functionality -- from your perspective. As a company we are all about building that technology, driving it forwards, and supporting it.
Profile
Unity Software LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Unity Software Company Twitter Account
Company News
Unity Software News
Facebook
Unity Software on Facebook
YouTube
Unity Software on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
John Riccitiello
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Chief Financial Officer
Mike Foley
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Chief Marketing Officer
Clive Downie
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Chief Operating Officer
Henrik Nielsen
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Chief Technical Officer
Joachim Ante
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Founder
David Helgason
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VP - Bus. Development
Tony Garcia
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VP - Engineering
Steffen Toksvig
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VP - Human Resources
Elizabeth Brown
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