Tech Company Financing Transactions

Funding Circle Funding Round

Accel Partners, Baillie Gifford and DST Global invested in a $100 million venture round for Funding Circle. The financing round was announced on 1/12/2017.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Funding Circle
Announced On
1/12/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$100,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Accel Partners (Lead Investor) (Harry Nelis)

Baillie Gifford

DST Global (Yuri Milner)

Index Ventures (Neil Rimer)

Ribbit Capital

Rocket Internet

Sands Capital Management (Michael Rubin)

Temasek Holdings

Union Square Ventures (Fred Wilson)

Proceeds Purpose
To that end, some money will be invested in continuing to build out Funding Circle's platform and algorithms "to make it even more robust," Desai said.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
3 Dorset Rise
London, EC4Y 8EN
UK
Phone
0207 401 9111
Website
www.fundingcircle.com
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Funding Circle is a business financing company that helps small businesses develop to make our economy stronger.
Profile
Funding Circle LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Funding Circle Company Twitter Account
Company News
Funding Circle News
Facebook
Funding Circle on Facebook
YouTube
Funding Circle on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Samir Desai
  Samir Desai LinkedIn Profile  Samir Desai Twitter Account  Samir Desai News  Samir Desai on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Sean Glithero
  Sean Glithero LinkedIn Profile  Sean Glithero Twitter Account  Sean Glithero News  Sean Glithero on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Swati Lay
  Swati Lay LinkedIn Profile  Swati Lay Twitter Account  Swati Lay News  Swati Lay on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Lisa Jacobs
  Lisa Jacobs LinkedIn Profile  Lisa Jacobs Twitter Account  Lisa Jacobs News  Lisa Jacobs on Facebook
VP - General Counsel
Lucy Vernall
  Lucy Vernall LinkedIn Profile  Lucy Vernall Twitter Account  Lucy Vernall News  Lucy Vernall on Facebook

 

 

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