Tech Company Financing Transactions

IO Turbine Funding Round

IO Turbine, operating out of San Jose, received $7.8 million in investment from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Merus Capital and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/20/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$7,750,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (John Vrionis)

Merus Capital

Proceeds Purpose
The company launched its service concurrent with the funding announcement.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
3031 Tisch Way 450
San Jose, CA 95128
USA
Email Address
Overview
Our approach makes the most of Flash storage to transparently and significantly accelerate virtualized application performance while lowering costs, complexity and providing outstanding ROI -- without sacrificing the benefits that virtualization provides.
Profile
IO Turbine LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
IO Turbine Company Twitter Account
Company News
IO Turbine News
Facebook
IO Turbine on Facebook
YouTube
IO Turbine on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Richard Boberg
  Richard Boberg LinkedIn Profile  Richard Boberg Twitter Account  Richard Boberg News  Richard Boberg on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Vikram Joshi
  Vikram Joshi LinkedIn Profile  Vikram Joshi Twitter Account  Vikram Joshi News  Vikram Joshi on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Sunil Joshi
  Sunil Joshi LinkedIn Profile  Sunil Joshi Twitter Account  Sunil Joshi News  Sunil Joshi on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Bruce Clarke
  Bruce Clarke LinkedIn Profile  Bruce Clarke Twitter Account  Bruce Clarke News  Bruce Clarke on Facebook
VP - Sales
Jay Phillips
  Jay Phillips LinkedIn Profile  Jay Phillips Twitter Account  Jay Phillips News  Jay Phillips on Facebook


 

 

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