Tech Company Financing Transactions
Plain Vanilla Funding Round
Plain Vanilla closed a $2.4 million Series A funding round on 4/9/2013. Backers included Greycroft Partners, Boldstart Ventures and Ridge Ventures.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
4/9/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$2,400,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
Funds will be used to accelerate the development of QuizUp, a revolutionary Social Trivia Platform for mobile devices, as well as enabling Plain Vanilla to expand content acquisition and presence in new markets such as Asia.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
169 11th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Based in San Francisco and Reykjavik, Iceland the Plain Vanilla team includes amazing illustrators, motion artists, musicians, graphic designers and programmers who are passionate about creating amazing games. Plain Vanilla is developing QuizUp, the first multiplatform and real-time social trivia engine.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Thor Fridriksson
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