Tech Company Financing Transactions

Optimizely Funding Round

Optimizely secured a $28 million Series A funding round on 4/10/2013. Backers included Benchmark Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Battery Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Optimizely
Announced On
4/10/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$28,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Benchmark Capital (Lead Investor) (Peter Fenton)

Bain Capital Ventures (Ajay Agarwal)

Battery Ventures (Neeraj Agrawal)

GV

InterWest Partners (Douglas Pepper)

Proceeds Purpose
The company will use the financing for international expansion, infrastructure and customer support.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
631 Howard St. 100
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Phone
(800) 252-9480
Website
www.optimizely.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
The company provides a service that allows users to perform automated A/B testing of websites.
Profile
Optimizely LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Optimizely Company Twitter Account
Company News
Optimizely News
Facebook
Optimizely on Facebook
YouTube
Optimizely on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Daniel Siroker
  Daniel Siroker LinkedIn Profile  Daniel Siroker Twitter Account  Daniel Siroker News  Daniel Siroker on Facebook
Chief Executive Officer
Jay Larson
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Chief Marketing Officer
Carl Tsukahara
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Chief Technical Officer
Peter Koomen
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Controller
Sean Deorsey
  Sean Deorsey LinkedIn Profile  Sean Deorsey Twitter Account  Sean Deorsey News  Sean Deorsey on Facebook
Vice President
Sebastiaan de Jong
  Sebastiaan de Jong LinkedIn Profile  Sebastiaan de Jong Twitter Account  Sebastiaan de Jong News  Sebastiaan de Jong on Facebook
VP - General Counsel
Derrick Alesevich
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VP - Human Resources
Erin Flynn
  Erin Flynn LinkedIn Profile  Erin Flynn Twitter Account  Erin Flynn News  Erin Flynn on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Jo Sanders
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VP - Product Management
Claire Vo
  Claire Vo LinkedIn Profile  Claire Vo Twitter Account  Claire Vo News  Claire Vo on Facebook
VP - Sales
Eric Anderson
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