Tech Company Financing Transactions
NewsCred Funding Round
NewsCred closed a $25 million Series C financing round on 1/23/2014. Backers included InterWest Partners, FirstMark Capital and IA Ventures.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
1/23/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors
InterWest Partners (Lead Investor) (Douglas Pepper)
Mayfield Fund (Rajeev Batra)
Proceeds Purpose
With this investment, NewsCred will aggressively scale global operations with a focus on sales, technology and product development.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
386 Park Ave S. 6th Floor
New York, NY 10016
USA
New York, NY 10016
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
NewsCred is a New York based media company focused on creating a single platform for the world's news.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Shafqat Islam
Chief Operating Officer
Charles Hough
VP - Customer Service
Jane Medeiros
VP - Engineering
Imran Yousuf
VP - General Counsel
Jared Kalmanson
VP - Product Management
Tzi-Kei Wong
VP - Sales
Cliff Dorsey
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