Tech Company Financing Transactions

Zendesk Funding Round

Zendesk secured a Series A funding round on 5/6/2009. Investors included CRV and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/6/2009
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
Unknown
Round
Series A
Investors

CRV (Devdutt Yellurkar)

Proceeds Purpose
The financing will be used to expand operations and painless customer support to organizations worldwide, starting with a new U.S. headquarters in Boston.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
1019 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
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
Zendesk LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Zendesk Company Twitter Account
Company News
Zendesk News
Facebook
Zendesk on Facebook
YouTube
Zendesk on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Mikkel Svane
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Chief Financial Officer
Elena Gomez
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Founder
Morten Primdahl
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VP - General Counsel
John Geschke
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VP - Product Management
Alexander Aghassipour
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VP - Product Management
Adrian McDermott
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