Tech Company Financing Transactions

Thumbtack Funding Round

Thumbtack, operating out of San Francisco, secured $100 million in funding from CapitalG, Javelin Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
8/20/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$100,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

CapitalG (Lead Investor) (David Lawee)

Javelin Venture Partners

Sequoia Capital (Bryan Schreier)

Tiger Global Management

Proceeds Purpose
Thumbtack will use those funds, as well as the additional funds, to significantly grow the business, launch nationwide marketing campaigns and scale the engineering team in order to accelerate investments in our product and infrastructure.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
454 Natoma St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Email Address
Overview
Why can you go online right now and buy any product you want but you can't do the same for tutors, handymen, dog walkers, or other local services? Thumbtack is changing that.
Profile
Thumbtack LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Thumbtack Company Twitter Account
Company News
Thumbtack News
Facebook
Thumbtack on Facebook
YouTube
Thumbtack on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Marco Zappacosta
  Marco Zappacosta LinkedIn Profile  Marco Zappacosta Twitter Account  Marco Zappacosta News  Marco Zappacosta on Facebook
Co-Founder
Sander Daniels
  Sander Daniels LinkedIn Profile  Sander Daniels Twitter Account  Sander Daniels News  Sander Daniels on Facebook
President
Jonthan Swanson
  Jonthan Swanson LinkedIn Profile  Jonthan Swanson Twitter Account  Jonthan Swanson News  Jonthan Swanson on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Chris Mueller
  Chris Mueller LinkedIn Profile  Chris Mueller Twitter Account  Chris Mueller News  Chris Mueller on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Jake Poses
  Jake Poses LinkedIn Profile  Jake Poses Twitter Account  Jake Poses News  Jake Poses on Facebook


 

 

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