Tech Company Financing Transactions

Simplilearn Funding Round

Simplilearn, operating out of Raleigh, secured $10 million in investment from Helion Venture Partners and Kalaari Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/18/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Helion Venture Partners (Rahul Chowdhri)

Kalaari Capital (Rajesh Raju)

Proceeds Purpose
The funding will allow the company to diversify and expand its course catalog to add more categories, focus on improving customer engagement by adding local team members in the US, UK, Australia and the Middle East, and enhancing its technology platform to make courses available on mobile devices.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
801 Corporate Center Dr. 138
Raleigh, NC 27607
USA
Email Address
Overview
Our mission is to consistently provide best in class quality education to working professionals via robust technology platform with a focus to achieve 100% customer delight.
Profile
Simplilearn LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Simplilearn Company Twitter Account
Company News
Simplilearn News
Facebook
Simplilearn on Facebook
YouTube
Simplilearn on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Krishna Kumar
  Krishna Kumar LinkedIn Profile  Krishna Kumar Twitter Account  Krishna Kumar News  Krishna Kumar on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Mark Moran
  Mark Moran LinkedIn Profile  Mark Moran Twitter Account  Mark Moran News  Mark Moran on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Jitendra Kumar
  Jitendra Kumar LinkedIn Profile  Jitendra Kumar Twitter Account  Jitendra Kumar News  Jitendra Kumar on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Kashyap Dalal
  Kashyap Dalal LinkedIn Profile  Kashyap Dalal Twitter Account  Kashyap Dalal News  Kashyap Dalal on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Anand Narayanan
  Anand Narayanan LinkedIn Profile  Anand Narayanan Twitter Account  Anand Narayanan News  Anand Narayanan on Facebook


 

 

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