Tech Company Financing Transactions
RiseSmart Funding Round
RiseSmart, based in San Jose, secured $11 million in investment from Accel-KKR and Norwest Venture Partners.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
2/13/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$11,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
Accel-KKR (Lead Investor) (Gregory Williams)
Norwest Venture Partners (Venkat Mohan)
Proceeds Purpose
The investment will enable the company to rapidly expand its sales and marketing organizations to build market share, enhance and differentiate its next-generation cloud-based outplacement platform, and scale its operations.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
2055 Gateway Place 150
San Jose, CA 95110
USA
San Jose, CA 95110
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. The RiseSmart team matches opportunities with jobseekers based on each member's unique profile, freeing senior-level professionals to focus on networking or the demands of their current jobs.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Sanjay Sathe
VP - Engineering
Vikash Chauhan
VP - Marketing
Karin Bootsma
VP - Operations
Dan Davenport
VP - Product Management
Hanif Ismail
VP - Sales
Kim Johnson
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