Tech Company Financing Transactions

Planet Labs Funding Round

AME Cloud Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group and Data Collective participated in a $52 million Series B funding round for Planet Labs. The round closed on 12/18/2013.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Planet Labs
Announced On
12/18/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$52,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

AME Cloud Ventures (Jerry Yang)

Capricorn Investment Group

Data Collective (Zachary Bogue)

Felicis Ventures

First Round Capital

Founders Fund

Industry Ventures

Innovation Endeavors

private investors (Raymond Rothrock)

private investors (Yuri Milner)

Lux Capital

O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (Timothy O'Reilly)

Threshold Ventures (Steven Jurvetson)

Proceeds Purpose
This round of funding appears on the eve of Planet Labs' commercial constellation launch of Flock 1 at NASA Wallops Flight Facility -- which will be the largest constellation of Earth imaging satellites ever launched.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Wireless
Mailing Address
346 9th St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Phone
(415) 829-3313
Website
www.planet.com
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Planet Labs provides universal access to information about the changing planet. We will operate the world's largest fleet of Earth imaging satellites to frequently image the entire planet and provide open access to that information.
Profile
Planet Labs LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Planet Labs Company Twitter Account
Company News
Planet Labs News
Facebook
Planet Labs on Facebook
YouTube
Planet Labs on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
William Marshall
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Chief Operating Officer
Nate Dickerman
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Chief Technical Officer
Karthik Govindhasamy
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Co-Founder
Robbie Schingler
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VP - General Counsel
Laura Malinasky
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VP - Product Management
Shawna Wolverton
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