Tech Company Financing Transactions

Tynker Funding Round

Tynker, based in Mountain View, secured $3.3 million from 500 Global, Cervin Ventures and Felicis Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/12/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$3,250,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
280 Hope St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Tynker is a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational learning and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way. Tynker is inspired by Scratch from MIT. It is a completely browser-based implementation written using Open Web standards such as Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and does not use Flash.
Profile
Tynker LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Tynker Company Twitter Account
Company News
Tynker News
Facebook
Tynker on Facebook
YouTube
Tynker on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Krishna Vedati
  Krishna Vedati LinkedIn Profile  Krishna Vedati Twitter Account  Krishna Vedati News  Krishna Vedati on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Srini Mandyam
  Srini Mandyam LinkedIn Profile  Srini Mandyam Twitter Account  Srini Mandyam News  Srini Mandyam on Facebook
Co-Founder
Kelvin Chong
  Kelvin Chong LinkedIn Profile  Kelvin Chong Twitter Account  Kelvin Chong News  Kelvin Chong on Facebook


 

 

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