Tech Company Financing Transactions
OpenSesame Funding Round
Altos Ventures and Partech Partners participated in a $9 million Series B capital raise for OpenSesame. The round was announced by the company on 9/29/2016.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
9/29/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$9,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Altos Ventures (Lead Investor) (Ho Nam)
Partech Partners (Nicolas Baze)
Proceeds Purpose
The funding round will further accelerate sales and marketing efforts and support OpenSesame's best in class customer experience. Additionally the Company will use the backing to continue global expansion and enhance product offerings in new training technologies like Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
1629 SW Salmon St.
Portland, OR 97205
USA
Portland, OR 97205
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
OpenSesame is the world's largest source for elearning courses focused on employee training. Buyers browse online training courses in a wide variety of subjects from workplace safety to business skills then purchase and start the courses instantly via their browser, by email, or delivered through any learning management system.
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Donald Spear
President
Josh Blank
Vice President
Spencer Thornton
VP - Client Services
Thomas Turnbull
VP - Customer Service
Marta Altree
VP - Engineering
Aaron Bridges
VP - Engineering
Ria Delamere
VP - Engineering
AJ Supinski
VP - Finance
Deborah Dang
VP - Human Resources
Abby Miles
VP - Marketing
Hallie Janssen
VP - Product Management
Melanie Goldstein
VP - Sales
Stuart Finn
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