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Quantopian Funding Round

On 11/15/2016, Quantopian secured $25 million in Series C funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Quantopian
Announced On
11/15/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Andreessen Horowitz (Lead Investor) (Alex Rampell)

Bessemer Venture Partners (Robert Stavis)

private investors (Steve Cohen)

Khosla Ventures (Benjamin Ling)

Spark Capital (Andrew Parker)

Proceeds Purpose
The company, which offers a free online platform for education and creation of institutional-quality investment algorithms, will use the funds to continue expansion, including improved platform tools, education materials, and the acquisition of additional data for use by its more than 100,000 members.

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
  John Fawcett LinkedIn Profile  John Fawcett Twitter Account  John Fawcett News  John Fawcett on Facebook
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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