Tech Company Financing Transactions

Airship Funding Round

On 2/6/2013, Airship received $25 million in financing from August Capital, Foundry Group and Intel Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/6/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

August Capital (Lead Investor) (John Johnston)

Foundry Group (Jason Mendelson)

Intel Capital

True Ventures (Puneet Agarwal)

Proceeds Purpose
The funding will enable Urban Airship to arm more marketers with the highly targeted, context-aware solutions necessary to earn mobile customer loyalty, accelerating its business in three main areas: rapid advancements in its high-performance and location push messaging platforms; capitalizing on digital wallet and Apple(R) Passbook(R) opportunities; and driving rapid international expansion.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
1225 West Burnside 401
Portland, OR 97209
USA
Email Address
Overview
Airship provides an easy, affordable way to deliver real-time push notifications and in-app purchase content for mobile developers.
Profile
Airship LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Airship Company Twitter Account
Company News
Airship News
Facebook
Airship on Facebook
YouTube
Airship on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Brett Caine
  Brett Caine LinkedIn Profile  Brett Caine Twitter Account  Brett Caine News  Brett Caine on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Michael Musson
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VP - Engineering
Michael Herrick
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VP - General Counsel
Suk Kim
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VP - Human Resources
Erin Reeves
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