Tech Company Financing Transactions

Proofpoint Funding Round

On 9/14/2004, Proofpoint secured $20 million in Series C investment from Meritech Capital Partners, Benchmark Capital and Lighthouse Capital Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/14/2004
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Meritech Capital Partners (Lead Investor) (Robert Ward)

Benchmark Capital (Kevin Harvey)

Lighthouse Capital Partners

Mohr Davidow Ventures (Jon Feiber)

RRE Ventures (Stuart Ellman)

Proceeds Purpose
The funds will be used for global expansion into new territories, to address new vertical industries and to accelerate the development of Proofpoint's enterprise messaging security products.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
925 West Maude Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
USA
Email Address
Overview
Proofpoint (NASDAQ: PFPT) provides messaging security solutions for large enterprises to stop spam, protect against email viruses and ensure compliance with corporate policies and regulations through their messaging infrastructure.
Profile
Proofpoint LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Proofpoint Company Twitter Account
Company News
Proofpoint News
Facebook
Proofpoint on Facebook
YouTube
Proofpoint on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Gary Steele
  Gary Steele LinkedIn Profile  Gary Steele Twitter Account  Gary Steele News  Gary Steele on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Auvil
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Chief Technical Officer
Marcel DePaolis
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VP - General Counsel
Michael Yang
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VP - Product Management
David Knight
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