Tech Company Financing Transactions

Splunk Funding Round

Splunk, based in San Francisco, secured $25 million from Ignition Partners, August Capital and JK&B Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/11/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Ignition Partners (Lead Investor) (John Connors)

August Capital (David Hornik)

JK&B Capital (Marc Sokol)

Sevin Rosen Funds (Nick Sturiale)

Proceeds Purpose
The funding will be used to continue Splunk's rapid adoption in data centers around the world by accelerating innovation, expanding sales and marketing, growing international operations and fueling the company's partner ecosystem.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
270 Brannan St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Email Address
Overview
Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) takes a radically new approach to troubleshooting IT infrastructure and improving availability. We've created the world's first search engine for fast moving IT data.
Profile
Splunk LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Splunk Company Twitter Account
Company News
Splunk News
Facebook
Splunk on Facebook
YouTube
Splunk on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Douglas Merritt
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Chief Financial Officer
David Conte
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Vice President
Rick Fitz
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Vice President
Jake Loomis
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Vice President
Sendur Sellakumar
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Vice President
Haiyan Song
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VP - Bus. Development
Ammar Maraqa
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VP - General Counsel
Scott Morgan
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VP - Human Resources
Tracy Edkins
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VP - Regulatory Affairs
Leonard Stein
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