Tech Company Financing Transactions
Zendesk Funding Round
Zendesk secured a $19 million Series C venture capital round on 12/7/2010. Backers included Matrix Partners, Benchmark Capital and CRV.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
12/7/2010
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$19,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
Zendesk is planning to expand the number of channels to which customers can submit inquiries and continue its aggressive innovation (the company has launched four new features for its product in the past three months).
Company Information
Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
1019 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN) is inspiring the help desk 2.0 movement through a focus on enlightened customer support. By leveraging the benefits of Web-based communications and social media, Zendesk extends good help desk karma to any company looking to offer professional-grade support service with very little effort.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Mikkel Svane
Chief Financial Officer
Elena Gomez
Founder
Morten Primdahl
VP - General Counsel
John Geschke
VP - Product Management
Alexander Aghassipour
VP - Product Management
Adrian McDermott
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