Tech Company Financing Transactions

Skyfire Funding Round

On 10/11/2012, Skyfire received $10 million in Series D funding from Panorama Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Matrix Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Skyfire
Announced On
10/11/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors

Panorama Capital (Lead Investor) (Shankar Chandran)

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Matrix Partners (Andrew Verhalen)

Trinity Ventures (Larry Orr)

Verizon Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
Skyfire will use these funds to meet the demands of its growing list of wireless operator customers and to increase its global sales and marketing resources, with further aggressive expansion within Europe and into Asia.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
779 East Evelyn Ave 200
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Phone
(650) 980-2600
Website
www.skyfire.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Skyfire is an exciting venture-backed innovator in mobile web browsing with a mission to dramatically improve your browsing experience on mobile phones. We created the only mobile browser that delivers both the speed and media-rich experience similar to the PC browser.
Profile
Skyfire LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Skyfire Company Twitter Account
Company News
Skyfire News
Facebook
Skyfire on Facebook
YouTube
Skyfire on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Gordon Stitt
  Gordon Stitt LinkedIn Profile  Gordon Stitt Twitter Account  Gordon Stitt News  Gordon Stitt on Facebook
Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Glueck
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Chief Technical Officer
Erik Swenson
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Co-Founder
Nitin Bhandari
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VP - Finance
Corrie Johnson
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VP - Operations
John Metzger
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VP - Sales
Jason Guesman
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