Tech Company Financing Transactions
Piqora Funding Round
Piqora closed a $7.7 million Series A funding round on 4/23/2014. Backers included Threshold Ventures, Altos Ventures and Baseline Ventures.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
4/23/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$7,700,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Threshold Ventures (Lead Investor) (Mohanjit Jolly)
Proceeds Purpose
Piqora plans to use the new funding to advance its already leading position in the visual marketing space by adding more image recognition technology engineers and customer success strategists for its rapidly growing customer base. The new capital will also go towards developing deeper visual analytics and expanding its content management and CRM capabilities to include other networks. The company plans to open more offices across the US and double its workforce within next 12 months.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
181 2nd Ave. 401
San Mateo, CA 94401
USA
San Mateo, CA 94401
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Piqora is a newly launched startup offering an analytics solution for the up-and-coming social network Pinterest.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Sharad Verma
Co-Founder
Naveen Akunuri
VP - Engineering
Troy Simpson
VP - Marketing
Alex Littlewood
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