Tech Company Financing Transactions

Nginx Funding Round

Nginx closed a $8 million funding round on 4/21/2016. Investors included Telstra, e.ventures and Index Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/21/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Telstra (Lead Investor) (Mark Sherman)

e.ventures (Thomas Gieselmann)

Index Ventures

New Enterprise Associates (Peter Sonsini)

Runa Capital (Gus Robertson)

Proceeds Purpose
The move will bring further expertise to the company and help it continue to expand and capture a significant share of the global application delivery market.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
85 Federal St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Nginx, Inc. provides products, solutions and services for its renowned open source software, NGINX. Run by the busiest web sites on the Internet, NGINX enables high performance web architectures to improve user experience, without incurring unnecessary costs in capital or time.
Profile
Nginx LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Nginx Company Twitter Account
Company News
Nginx News
Facebook
Nginx on Facebook
YouTube
Nginx on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Gus Robertson
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Chief Financial Officer
Mark Elchinoff
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Chief Technical Officer
Igor Sysoev
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VP - Bus. Development
Paul Oh
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VP - Engineering
Eric Douglas
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VP - Engineering
Maxim Konovalov
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VP - Product Management
Owen Garrett
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VP - Sales
Mary Shutte
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