Tech Company Financing Transactions

The Mechanical Zoo Funding Round

The Mechanical Zoo, based in San Francisco, scored $2 million from August Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/15/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$2,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

August Capital (Lead Investor)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Out of Business
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
138 10th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Email Address
Overview
The Mechanical Zoo was founded in late 2007 by Max Ventilla, Damon Horowitz, Nathan Stoll, and Rob Spiro. We currently have an early version of our first product running with a limited number of users as we do final tuning. If you're interested in being part of our test group, send us an email to request an invitation.
Profile
The Mechanical Zoo LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
The Mechanical Zoo Company Twitter Account
Company News
The Mechanical Zoo News
Facebook
The Mechanical Zoo on Facebook
YouTube
The Mechanical Zoo on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Max Ventilla
  Max Ventilla LinkedIn Profile  Max Ventilla Twitter Account  Max Ventilla News  Max Ventilla on Facebook
Co-Founder
Rob Spiro
  Rob Spiro LinkedIn Profile  Rob Spiro Twitter Account  Rob Spiro News  Rob Spiro on Facebook
Vice President
Nathan Stoll
  Nathan Stoll LinkedIn Profile  Nathan Stoll Twitter Account  Nathan Stoll News  Nathan Stoll on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Damon Horowitz
  Damon Horowitz LinkedIn Profile  Damon Horowitz Twitter Account  Damon Horowitz News  Damon Horowitz on Facebook


 

 

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