Tech Company Financing Transactions

Cord Project Funding Round

Cord Project, operating out of Brooklyn, secured $1.8 million in funding from Compound Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and Greycroft Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/5/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,800,000
Round
Seed
Investors

Compound Ventures (Lead Investor) (David Hirsch)

Lerer Hippeau (Lead Investor) (Kenneth Lerer)

Greycroft Partners (Kamran Ansari)

GV (Kevin Rose)

private investors (Brett Crosby)

private investors (Ed Sanders)

private investors (Mark Yoshitake)

private investors (Mats Carduner)

private investors (Michael Ogrinz)

private investors (Ricky Veen)

private investors (Thibaud Elziere)

private investors (Xavier Niel)

Kernel Capital (Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet)

Melo7 Tech Partners (Carmelo Anthony)

Slow Ventures (Dave Morin)

Vayner RSE (Gary Vaynerchuk)

Proceeds Purpose
The company is using the funds for a worldwide launch on multiple platforms (in the fall) while expanding its four-person team with a number of iOS and Android developers (read here).

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Communications
Mailing Address
240 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11249
USA
Email Address
Overview
Cord is incredibly simple, incredibly fast voice messaging that lets you chat with one friend or shout to a whole group of friends. Cord is a whole new way to talk on your phone again.
Profile
Cord Project LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Cord Project Company Twitter Account
Company News
Cord Project News
Facebook
Cord Project on Facebook
YouTube
Cord Project on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Co-Founder
Jeff Baxter
  Jeff Baxter LinkedIn Profile  Jeff Baxter Twitter Account  Jeff Baxter News  Jeff Baxter on Facebook
Co-Founder
Thomas Gayno
  Thomas Gayno LinkedIn Profile  Thomas Gayno Twitter Account  Thomas Gayno News  Thomas Gayno on Facebook


 

 

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