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Gjirafa Funding Round

Rockaway Capital, Credo Ventures and private investors joined a $2 million Series A funding round for Gjirafa. The funding round was announced on 2/11/2016.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/11/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$2,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Rockaway Capital (Lead Investor)

Credo Ventures

private investors (Esther Dyson)

private investors (Ondrej Bartos)

Proceeds Purpose
The new funding is to be put to use growing the Balkans' internet economy by digitising and indexing information in Albania and Kosovo, and in turn aims to make Gjirafa the regional leader in search, e-commerce, and online advertising.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Real Estate
Mailing Address
919 N Market St. 950
Wilmington, DE 19801
USA
Email Address
Overview
Gjirafa is the fastest gorwing online platform in the Albanian web. It targets over 12 million people who speak Albanian language worldwide, and who can't search the Albanian web.
Profile
Gjirafa LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Gjirafa Company Twitter Account
Company News
Gjirafa News
Facebook
Gjirafa on Facebook
YouTube
Gjirafa on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Mergim Cahani
  Mergim Cahani LinkedIn Profile  Mergim Cahani Twitter Account  Mergim Cahani News  Mergim Cahani on Facebook
Co-Founder
Ercan Canhasi
  Ercan Canhasi LinkedIn Profile  Ercan Canhasi Twitter Account  Ercan Canhasi News  Ercan Canhasi on Facebook


 

 

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