Tech Company Financing Transactions

Wibbitz Funding Round

NantWorks, Horizon Ventures and Initial Capital invested in a $8 million Series B funding round for Wibbitz. The round was announced on 5/21/2015.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/21/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The $8M investment will be used to build out the company's U.S. headquarters in New York City's Financial District, a growing hub for media and technology companies. Specifically, Wibbitz will be focusing on expanding its business development, sales, marketing, and editorial teams, with plans to hire about 20 new employees within the next few months.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
Undisclosed
New York, NY 10017
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Wibbitz provides a video player plugin for your site that takes static web content like images, headlines and video clips- in real-time and automatically creates an interactive video, giving users an engaging overview of the website by video-surfing.
Profile
Wibbitz LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Wibbitz Company Twitter Account
Company News
Wibbitz News
Facebook
Wibbitz on Facebook
YouTube
Wibbitz on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Zohar Dayan
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Chief Technical Officer
Uri Meirav
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VP - Bus. Development
Yotam Cohen
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