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Clickatell Funding Round

DAG Ventures and Sequoia Capital participated in a $12 million Series B venture round for Clickatell. The round was announced by the company on 2/28/2011.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/28/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$12,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

DAG Ventures (Lead Investor) (Nicholas Pianim)

Sequoia Capital (Lead Investor) (Michael Goguen)

Proceeds Purpose
The funding will be used to continue the company's expansion into new service areas and geographies where automated, just-in-time mobile messaging is powering huge gains in customer engagement and value and opening the door to new mobile transactions.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Communications
Mailing Address
3200 Bridge Pkwy. 201
Redwood City, CA 94065
USA
Email Address
Overview
Clickatell enables application developers to mobile message-enable their application for secure, global bulk SMS delivery via our highly reliable SMS Gateway.
Profile
Clickatell LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Clickatell Company Twitter Account
Company News
Clickatell News
Facebook
Clickatell on Facebook
YouTube
Clickatell on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Pieter de Villiers
  Pieter de Villiers LinkedIn Profile  Pieter de Villiers Twitter Account  Pieter de Villiers News  Pieter de Villiers on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Nirmal Nair
  Nirmal Nair LinkedIn Profile  Nirmal Nair Twitter Account  Nirmal Nair News  Nirmal Nair on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Danie Krige
  Danie Krige LinkedIn Profile  Danie Krige Twitter Account  Danie Krige News  Danie Krige on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Claudia Booysen
  Claudia Booysen LinkedIn Profile  Claudia Booysen Twitter Account  Claudia Booysen News  Claudia Booysen on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Casper Villiers
  Casper Villiers LinkedIn Profile  Casper Villiers Twitter Account  Casper Villiers News  Casper Villiers on Facebook


 

 

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