Tech Company Financing Transactions

GetJar Networks Funding Round

On 2/15/2011, GetJar Networks received $25 million in Series C investment from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/15/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Tiger Global Management (Lead Investor) (Lee Fixel)

Accel Partners (Richard Wong)

Proceeds Purpose
The new capital will be applied to continued innovations in its market approach and to support its rapid growth by expanding sales, marketing and engineering initiatives.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
1510 Fashion Island Blvd. 300
San Mateo, CA 94404
USA
Email Address
Overview
GetJar is the world's largest cross platform app store with over a half billion downloads to date. The company provides more than 50,000 mobile applications across all major handsets and platforms to consumers in more than 200 countries.
Profile
GetJar Networks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
GetJar Networks Company Twitter Account
Company News
GetJar Networks News
Facebook
GetJar Networks on Facebook
YouTube
GetJar Networks on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Ilja Laurs
  Ilja Laurs LinkedIn Profile  Ilja Laurs Twitter Account  Ilja Laurs News  Ilja Laurs on Facebook
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Dury
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Chief Financial Officer
Tom Burke
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VP - Engineering
Joseph Molnar
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VP - Sales
Bill Scott
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