Tech Company Financing Transactions

Yammer Funding Round

DFJ Growth, CRV and Emergence Capital Partners participated in a $85 million Series E funding round for Yammer. The funding round was announced on 2/29/2012.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Yammer
Announced On
2/29/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$85,000,000
Round
Series E
Investors

DFJ Growth (Lead Investor) (Randy Glein)

CRV (George Zachary)

Emergence Capital Partners (Jason Green)

Founders Fund (Peter Thiel)

Khosla Ventures

Meritech Capital Partners (Paul Madera)

Social Capital (Chamath Palihapitiya)

Tuesday Capital

U.S. Venture Partners (Mamoon Hamid)

Proceeds Purpose
Yammer will use the additional financing to rapidly scale its sales and engineering teams in the U.S. and internationally. This growth round of funding will also allow Yammer to consider potential strategic acquisitions and invest in building brand awareness among enterprise buyers.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
410 Townsend St 300
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
415-796-7401
Website
www.yammer.com
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: 'What are you working on?'As employees answer that question, a feed is created in one central location enabling co-workers to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information.
Profile
Yammer LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Yammer Company Twitter Account
Company News
Yammer News
Facebook
Yammer on Facebook
YouTube
Yammer on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Sacks
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Chief Technical Officer
Adam Pisoni
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VP - Customer Service
David Obrand
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VP - Engineering
Kris Gale
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VP - Marketing
Dee McPherson
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VP - Product Management
James Patterson
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