Tech Company Financing Transactions

Quantopian Funding Round

Quantopian closed a $15 million Series B investment round on 10/16/2014. Investors included Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Quantopian
Announced On
10/16/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Robert Stavis)

Khosla Ventures (Benjamin Ling)

Spark Capital (Andrew Parker)

Wicklow Capital

Proceeds Purpose
With this round of funding, the company will develop the Quantopian Managers Program -- a hedge fund that allocates capital to the top-performing quants in the community.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
100 Franklin St. 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
USA
Phone
(617) 752-1454
Website
www.quantopian.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Quantopian is a platform for you to build, test, and execute trading algorithms.
Profile
Quantopian LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Quantopian Company Twitter Account
Company News
Quantopian News
Facebook
Quantopian on Facebook
YouTube
Quantopian on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
John Fawcett
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Chief Information Officer
Jonathan Kamens
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Chief Technical Officer
Jean Bredeche
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Vice President
Kelly Elmstrom
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Vice President
John Ricklefs
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VP - Bus. Development
Delaney Mackenzie
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VP - Engineering
Richard Frank
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VP - Finance
Ying Xu
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VP - General Counsel
Derek Meisner
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VP - Product Management
Josh Payne
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VP - R & D
Jess Stauth
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VP - R & D
Thomas Wiecki
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