Tech Company Financing Transactions

Skimlinks Funding Round

Greycroft Partners, Forum Foundry and private investors participated in a funding round for Skimlinks. The round was announced on 5/4/2013.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/4/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
Unknown
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Greycroft Partners (Lead Investor) (Ian Sigalow)

Forum Foundry

private investors (Hiro Maeda)

private investors (Ryota Matsuzaki)

Proceeds Purpose
The capital will be used to develop its content monetization platform and expand across the US, Asia, and Europe.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
ECommerce
Mailing Address
79 Madison Ave. 746
New York, NY 10016
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Skimlinks had an interesting start at life as a completely different company! Our founder Alicia Navarro originally created Skimbit, a social decision-making website, way back in 2006. In an effort to earn more from the site, Alicia tried affiliate marketing, with a twist.
Profile
Skimlinks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Skimlinks Company Twitter Account
Company News
Skimlinks News
Facebook
Skimlinks on Facebook
YouTube
Skimlinks on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Alicia Navarro
  Alicia Navarro LinkedIn Profile  Alicia Navarro Twitter Account  Alicia Navarro News  Alicia Navarro on Facebook
Chief Information Officer
Angus Bankes
  Angus Bankes LinkedIn Profile  Angus Bankes Twitter Account  Angus Bankes News  Angus Bankes on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Joe Stepniewski
  Joe Stepniewski LinkedIn Profile  Joe Stepniewski Twitter Account  Joe Stepniewski News  Joe Stepniewski on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Buck Smith
  Buck Smith LinkedIn Profile  Buck Smith Twitter Account  Buck Smith News  Buck Smith on Facebook


 

 

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