Tech Company Financing Transactions

Polyvore Funding Round

Polyvore closed a $14 million Series C funding round on 1/23/2012. Backers included DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Goldman Sachs.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/23/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$14,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

DAG Ventures (Lead Investor)

Benchmark Capital (Peter Fenton)

Goldman Sachs

Matrix Partners (Dana Stalder)

Proceeds Purpose
We plan to use the funds to recruit more engineering talent and accelerate our rapid growth.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
100 View St. 101
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Email Address
Overview
Polyvore is a unique, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching products from any online store. Items are pulled together into a visual set of products that can be shared with anyone. Each product within the set is then linked back to the online store where it is available for purchase.
Profile
Polyvore LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Polyvore Company Twitter Account
Company News
Polyvore News
Facebook
Polyvore on Facebook
YouTube
Polyvore on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jess Lee
  Jess Lee LinkedIn Profile  Jess Lee Twitter Account  Jess Lee News  Jess Lee on Facebook
Co-Founder
Jianing Hu
  Jianing Hu LinkedIn Profile  Jianing Hu Twitter Account  Jianing Hu News  Jianing Hu on Facebook
Co-Founder
Pasha Sadri
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Co-Founder
Guangwei Yuan
  Guangwei Yuan LinkedIn Profile  Guangwei Yuan Twitter Account  Guangwei Yuan News  Guangwei Yuan on Facebook
VP - Sales
Katherine Crane
  Katherine Crane LinkedIn Profile  Katherine Crane Twitter Account  Katherine Crane News  Katherine Crane on Facebook


 

 

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