Tech Company Financing Transactions

Brainly Funding Round

Brainly secured a $14 million financing round on 10/26/2017. Backers included Kulczyk Investments, General Catalyst Partners and Naspers Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Brainly
Announced On
10/26/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$14,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Kulczyk Investments (Lead Investor) (Sebastian Kulczyk)

General Catalyst Partners (Nitesh Banta)

Naspers Ventures (Larry Illg)

Point Nine Capital

Runa Capital

Proceeds Purpose
Now fueled by additional funding from Kulczyk Investments, Brainly will furtheraccelerate global growth and expand its product team, which will focus on developing newpersonalized learning features for the Brainly platform.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
155 5th Ave.
New York, NY 10010
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
www.brainly.co
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Brainly is the place to learn. The world's largest social learning network for students.
Profile
Brainly LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Brainly Company Twitter Account
Company News
Brainly News
Facebook
Brainly on Facebook
YouTube
Brainly on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Michal Borkowski
  Michal Borkowski LinkedIn Profile  Michal Borkowski Twitter Account  Michal Borkowski News  Michal Borkowski on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Julien Zakoian
  Julien Zakoian LinkedIn Profile  Julien Zakoian Twitter Account  Julien Zakoian News  Julien Zakoian on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Piotr Pyznarski
  Piotr Pyznarski LinkedIn Profile  Piotr Pyznarski Twitter Account  Piotr Pyznarski News  Piotr Pyznarski on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Patrycja Szostakowska
  Patrycja Szostakowska LinkedIn Profile  Patrycja Szostakowska Twitter Account  Patrycja Szostakowska News  Patrycja Szostakowska on Facebook
VP - Operations
Katie Sagan
  Katie Sagan LinkedIn Profile  Katie Sagan Twitter Account  Katie Sagan News  Katie Sagan on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Elena Haliczer
  Elena Haliczer LinkedIn Profile  Elena Haliczer Twitter Account  Elena Haliczer News  Elena Haliczer on Facebook
VP - Sales
Wojciech Skalski
  Wojciech Skalski LinkedIn Profile  Wojciech Skalski Twitter Account  Wojciech Skalski News  Wojciech Skalski on Facebook

 

 

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