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Nanigans Funding Round

Nanigans closed a $24 million Series B venture capital round on 3/25/2015. Backers included Cheetah Mobile, Avalon Ventures and Wellington Management Company.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/25/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$24,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Cheetah Mobile (Lead Investor) (Sheng Fu)

Avalon Ventures (Richard Levandov)

Wellington Management Company

Proceeds Purpose
The funding follows Nanigans successful transition to a true Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model. The investment in Nanigans by Cheetah Mobile, a leading Chinese Internet company, underscores the global nature of the market and will accelerate its business in Asia under a strategic commercial agreement between the two companies.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
100 Summer St. 31st Floor
Boston, MA 02110
USA
Email Address
Overview
Founded by veteran entrepreneurs with specialties in performance and social marketing, Nanigans was formed to help advertisers maximize the effectiveness of Facebook advertising. Nanigans is the only real-time bidding platform for the Facebook ads marketplace that optimizes for downstream actions and lifetime customervalue.
Profile
Nanigans LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Nanigans Company Twitter Account
Company News
Nanigans News
Facebook
Nanigans on Facebook
YouTube
Nanigans on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Ric Calvillo
  Ric Calvillo LinkedIn Profile  Ric Calvillo Twitter Account  Ric Calvillo News  Ric Calvillo on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Claude Denton
  Claude Denton LinkedIn Profile  Claude Denton Twitter Account  Claude Denton News  Claude Denton on Facebook


 

 

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