Tech Company Financing Transactions

Shopkick Funding Round

On 7/15/2010, Shopkick raised $15 million in Series B funding from Greylock Partners, private investors and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/15/2010
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Greylock Partners (Lead Investor) (Reid Hoffman)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Matthew Murphy)

Proceeds Purpose
shopkick will use the funding to further enhance its location-based shopping capabilities and accelerate partnership development -- just in time for the release of its prime mobile retail app, shopkick, due for release this summer.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
558 Waverley 200
Palo Alto, CA 94301
USA
Email Address
Overview
Shopkick, Inc. brings the power of the mobile internet to the retail experience. Shopkick launched its mobile application CauseWorld in the United States in December 2009, in partnership with Citi, Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble.
Profile
Shopkick LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Shopkick Company Twitter Account
Company News
Shopkick News
Facebook
Shopkick on Facebook
YouTube
Shopkick on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Cyriac Roeding
  Cyriac Roeding LinkedIn Profile  Cyriac Roeding Twitter Account  Cyriac Roeding News  Cyriac Roeding on Facebook
General Manager
Alexis Rask
  Alexis Rask LinkedIn Profile  Alexis Rask Twitter Account  Alexis Rask News  Alexis Rask on Facebook


 

 

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