Tech Company Financing Transactions
MakeSpace Funding Round
On 5/1/2014, MakeSpace secured $8.1 million in Series A investment from Upfront Ventures, Collaborative Fund and Founders Fund.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
5/1/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,100,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Upfront Ventures (Lead Investor) (Mark Suster)
Proceeds Purpose
With the latest investment, MakeSpace will continue to rapidly expand their operational capacity in order to meet increasing demand and will focus on offering new services like an iPhone application, with plans for an early summer release. The company also plans to introduce another major city by the end of 2014.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Consumer
Mailing Address
120 Walker St.
New York, NY 10013
USA
New York, NY 10013
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
A MakeSpace professional hand-delivers our high quality plastic bins to your home or office for free. We can also pick up other items. Our driver will wait while you pack your bins, or pack at your leisure and schedule a pickup online for later.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Rahul Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer
Chang Paik
Chief Technical Officer
Vijay Venkatesh
VP - Bus. Development
Ted Conbeer
VP - Human Resources
Megan Lyons
VP - Marketing
Miriam Kendall
VP - Marketing
Matthew O'Dowd
VP - Product Management
Rohit Nathany
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