Tech Company Financing Transactions

Tango Funding Round

On 3/20/2014, Tango raised $280 million in funding from Alibaba Group and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/20/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$280,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Alibaba Group (Lead Investor) (Joseph Tsai)

Proceeds Purpose
The deal will help boost Tango in China and other parts of Asia, but there is no China-specific partnership involved.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
605 Fairchild Dr.
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
Email Address
Overview
Tango enables anyone with an iPhone or Android phone to make free mobile video calls over 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi to their friends and family around the world.
Profile
Tango LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Tango Company Twitter Account
Company News
Tango News
Facebook
Tango on Facebook
YouTube
Tango on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Uri Raz
  Uri Raz LinkedIn Profile  Uri Raz Twitter Account  Uri Raz News  Uri Raz on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Eric Setton
  Eric Setton LinkedIn Profile  Eric Setton Twitter Account  Eric Setton News  Eric Setton on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Cynthia Dinh
  Cynthia Dinh LinkedIn Profile  Cynthia Dinh Twitter Account  Cynthia Dinh News  Cynthia Dinh on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Gary Chevsky
  Gary Chevsky LinkedIn Profile  Gary Chevsky Twitter Account  Gary Chevsky News  Gary Chevsky on Facebook
VP - Finance
Norm Wong
  Norm Wong LinkedIn Profile  Norm Wong Twitter Account  Norm Wong News  Norm Wong on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Jamie Odell
  Jamie Odell LinkedIn Profile  Jamie Odell Twitter Account  Jamie Odell News  Jamie Odell on Facebook


 

 

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