Tech Company Financing Transactions

WaitWhat Funding Round

WaitWhat secured a $4.3 million Series A funding round on 2/22/2019. Investors included BurdaPrincipal Investments, Cue Ball Group and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
WaitWhat
Announced On
2/22/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$4,300,000
Round
Series A
Investors

BurdaPrincipal Investments (Lead Investor)

Cue Ball Group (Lead Investor) (Tony Tjan)

private investors (Ann Lovell)

private investors (Jacki Zehner)

private investors (Joi Ito)

private investors (Joshua Schacter)

private investors (Julia Popowitz)

private investors (Maria Thomas)

private investors (Reid Hoffman)

private investors (Roy Martin)

private investors (Scott Green)

private investors (William Allen)

Liminal Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
With this raise, we're able to expand the team who will continually invent both new properties and format extensions.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
26 Bdwy. 8th Floor
New York, NY 10004
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
www.waitwhat.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
WaitWhat is a joyful new start-up from former TED execs June Cohen and Deron Triff. For a combined 16 years, June and Deron launched and led media at TED -- TED.com, TED Open Translation Project, TED Radio Hour, TED Books, TED in Cinema, etc. -- resulting in more than 1 billion annual views and listens of the organization's content.
Profile
WaitWhat LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
WaitWhat Company Twitter Account
Company News
WaitWhat News
Facebook
WaitWhat on Facebook
YouTube
WaitWhat on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
June Cohen
  June Cohen LinkedIn Profile  June Cohen Twitter Account  June Cohen News  June Cohen on Facebook
VP - Administration
Mina Kurasawa
  Mina Kurasawa LinkedIn Profile  Mina Kurasawa Twitter Account  Mina Kurasawa News  Mina Kurasawa on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Deron Triff
  Deron Triff LinkedIn Profile  Deron Triff Twitter Account  Deron Triff News  Deron Triff on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Sarah Sandman
  Sarah Sandman LinkedIn Profile  Sarah Sandman Twitter Account  Sarah Sandman News  Sarah Sandman on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Michael Twentyman
  Michael Twentyman LinkedIn Profile  Michael Twentyman Twitter Account  Michael Twentyman News  Michael Twentyman on Facebook
VP - Finance
Edmund Cheng
  Edmund Cheng LinkedIn Profile  Edmund Cheng Twitter Account  Edmund Cheng News  Edmund Cheng on Facebook
VP - Manufacturing
Jai Punjabi
  Jai Punjabi LinkedIn Profile  Jai Punjabi Twitter Account  Jai Punjabi News  Jai Punjabi on Facebook

 

 

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