Tech Company Financing Transactions

Slack Funding Round

Slack, based in San Francisco, raised $250 million from SoftBank Group.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/19/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$250,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
The fund provides resources which will help Slack to run as a cash-generating company and the raise will reduce its dependence on outside financing, Slack Chief Executive Stewart Butterfield said.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
500 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Slack (NYSE: WORK) is a real-time messaging, archiving and search tool for modern teams.
Profile
Slack LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Slack Company Twitter Account
Company News
Slack News
Facebook
Slack on Facebook
YouTube
Slack on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Stewart Butterfield
  Stewart Butterfield LinkedIn Profile  Stewart Butterfield Twitter Account  Stewart Butterfield News  Stewart Butterfield on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Allen Shim
  Allen Shim LinkedIn Profile  Allen Shim Twitter Account  Allen Shim News  Allen Shim on Facebook


 

 

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