Tech Company Financing Transactions

Poncho Funding Round

On 4/29/2016, Poncho raised $2 million in Seed funding from Lerer Hippeau, Betaworks and Broadway Angels.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/29/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$2,000,000
Round
Seed
Proceeds Purpose
With the additional funds, the Poncho team will continue to build the most advanced, most fun chatbot interface, deepening its data science and artificial intelligence backbone to make the user experience more conversational and learning-driven.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
416 West 13th Street 203
New York, NY 10014
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Poncho creates personalized weather forecasts tailored to user routines and delivered by email, text message, apps and notifications, and now bot interaction via Facebook Messenger or Slack.
Profile
Poncho LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Poncho Company Twitter Account
Company News
Poncho News
Facebook
Poncho on Facebook
YouTube
Poncho on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Co-Founder
Kuan Huang
  Kuan Huang LinkedIn Profile  Kuan Huang Twitter Account  Kuan Huang News  Kuan Huang on Facebook
Co-Founder
Paul Murphy
  Paul Murphy LinkedIn Profile  Paul Murphy Twitter Account  Paul Murphy News  Paul Murphy on Facebook


 

 

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