Tech Company Financing Transactions

Beekeeper Funding Round

Beekeeper secured a $5 million Seed venture capital round on 4/18/2016. Investors included FYRFLY Venture Partners, private investors and Polytechnos Venture-Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/18/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Seed
Investors

FYRFLY Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Philipp Stauffer)

private investors (Ariel Luedi)

private investors (Niklas Ostberg)

Polytechnos Venture-Partners

Proceeds Purpose
Beekeeper will use the new financing to accelerate growth for the company's employee communications platform among retail, hospitality and manufacturing leaders.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Communications
Mailing Address
80 Grand Ave. 400
Oakland, CA 94612
USA
Email Address
Overview
Beekeeper was founded in 2012 by ETH graduates Flavio Pfaffhauser (MSc in Computer Science) and Cristian Grossmann (PhD in Engineering). They were both passionate about building technology that connects and brings people together.
Profile
Beekeeper LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Beekeeper Company Twitter Account
Company News
Beekeeper News
Facebook
Beekeeper on Facebook
YouTube
Beekeeper on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Cristian Grossmann
  Cristian Grossmann LinkedIn Profile  Cristian Grossmann Twitter Account  Cristian Grossmann News  Cristian Grossmann on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Herbert Sablotny
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Chief Technical Officer
Flavio Pfaffhauser
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VP - Bus. Development
Andreas Slotosch
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VP - Customer Service
Daniel Sztutwojner
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VP - Customer Service
Jenny Woods
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VP - Engineering
Filip Wiedalek
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VP - Finance
Christian Anderegg
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VP - Marketing
Antonio Rossetti
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VP - Operations
Alberto Toledo
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