Tech Company Financing Transactions

WhipTail Funding Round

WhipTail secured a $31 million Series C venture capital round on 12/13/2012. Backers included Ignition Partners, RRE Ventures and SanDisk Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
12/13/2012
Transaction Type
Debt
Venture Equity
Amount
$31,000,000
Round
Series C
Proceeds Purpose
The investment will fund growth in WHIPTAIL's engineering team and accelerate global expansion. In addition, the company announced a new chief financial officer to lead WHIPTAIL's fiscal policy into 2013 and beyond.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Storage
Mailing Address
9 Whippany Rd Building 2 6&7
Whippany, NJ 07981
USA
Email Address
Overview
WhipTail is an independent manufacturer of solid-state storage arrays designed to drastically improve the scalability and performance of applications such as virtualization, databases, financial trading and email.
Profile
WhipTail LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
WhipTail Company Twitter Account
Company News
WhipTail News
Facebook
WhipTail on Facebook
YouTube
WhipTail on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Crain
  Daniel Crain LinkedIn Profile  Daniel Crain Twitter Account  Daniel Crain News  Daniel Crain on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Cathy Chandler
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Chief Financial Officer
Cameron Pforr
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Chief Technical Officer
James Candelaria
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General Manager
Andy Flesch
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VP - Customer Service
Joe Cutuli
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VP - Engineering
Russ Dauer
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VP - Product Management
Maxwell Riggsbee
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