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Slack Funding Round

On 10/31/2014, Slack raised $120 million in financing from GV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Accel Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name

Slack

Announced On

10/31/2014

Transaction Type

Venture Equity

Amount

$120,000,000

Round

Undisclosed

Investors

GV (Lead Investor) (MG Siegler)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Lead Investor) (John Doerr)

Accel Partners (Andrew Braccia)

Andreessen Horowitz (John O'Farrell)

Social Capital (Mamoon Hamid)

Proceeds Purpose

These next 6 to 18 months are going to be critical for growth and this funding round gives us unlimited flexibility to ensure that Slack's momentum will continue to pick up steam.

Company Information

Company Status

Publicly-held

Industry

Enterprise IT

Mailing Address

500 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA

Phone

Undisclosed

Website

www.slack.com

Email Address

[email protected]

Overview

Slack (NYSE: WORK) is a real-time messaging, archiving and search tool for modern teams.

Profile

Social Media

Company News

Facebook

YouTube

Management Team

Title

Name

Email & Social

Chief Executive Officer

Stewart Butterfield

Chief Financial Officer

Allen Shim

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