Tech Company Financing Transactions

deCarta Funding Round

Hotung Capital Management, Norwest Venture Partners and Translink Capital invested in a $20 million Series C funding round for deCarta. The financing closed on 7/28/2008.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/28/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series C
Proceeds Purpose
The majority of the financing was obtained from large strategic investors in recognition of deCarta's opportunity in the fast-growing market for mobile location-based services and navigation.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
Four North Second St. 950
San Jose, CA 95113
USA
Email Address
Overview
deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that powers today's most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Ask.com, Qualcomm, Hotels.com Verizon, Sprint and many others.
Profile
deCarta LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
deCarta Company Twitter Account
Company News
deCarta News
Facebook
deCarta on Facebook
YouTube
deCarta on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Kim Fennell
  Kim Fennell LinkedIn Profile  Kim Fennell Twitter Account  Kim Fennell News  Kim Fennell on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Yong Shin
  Yong Shin LinkedIn Profile  Yong Shin Twitter Account  Yong Shin News  Yong Shin on Facebook
VP - Sales
Michael Cottle
  Michael Cottle LinkedIn Profile  Michael Cottle Twitter Account  Michael Cottle News  Michael Cottle on Facebook


 

 

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