Tech Company Financing Transactions

Appia Funding Round

ForgePoint Capital and BlackBerry Partners Fund participated in a $15 million Series B funding round for Appia. The round was announced by the company on 8/23/2010.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Appia
Announced On
8/23/2010
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

ForgePoint Capital (Lead Investor) (John Moragne)

BlackBerry Partners Fund (Kevin Talbot)

Proceeds Purpose
PocketGear will use the funding to scale technical operations, build out its sales and marketing team and expand its global reach to capitalize on the growing mobile application market, which is forecasted to exceed $20 Billion by 2013 according to multiple industry analysts.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
320 Blackwell St. 3rd Fl.
Durham, NC 27701
USA
Phone
919-617-1656
Website
www.appia.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Appia is the world's largest cross platform, open app store and content marketplace with a catalog of more than 140,000 paid and free titles available for discovery and download.
Profile
Appia LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Appia Company Twitter Account
Company News
Appia News
Facebook
Appia on Facebook
YouTube
Appia on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jud Bowman
  Jud Bowman LinkedIn Profile  Jud Bowman Twitter Account  Jud Bowman News  Jud Bowman on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Tim Oakley
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VP - Bus. Development
Archie O'Connor
  Archie O'Connor LinkedIn Profile  Archie O'Connor Twitter Account  Archie O'Connor News  Archie O'Connor on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Jeff Henderson
  Jeff Henderson LinkedIn Profile  Jeff Henderson Twitter Account  Jeff Henderson News  Jeff Henderson on Facebook
VP - Finance
Val Stiebris
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VP - Operations
Chris Matherly
  Chris Matherly LinkedIn Profile  Chris Matherly Twitter Account  Chris Matherly News  Chris Matherly on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Jamie Fellows
  Jamie Fellows LinkedIn Profile  Jamie Fellows Twitter Account  Jamie Fellows News  Jamie Fellows on Facebook
VP - Sales
Ken Hayes
  Ken Hayes LinkedIn Profile  Ken Hayes Twitter Account  Ken Hayes News  Ken Hayes on Facebook

 

 

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