Tech Company Financing Transactions
Affectiva Funding Round
Affectiva closed a $5.7 million Series B funding round on 7/19/2011. Investors included WPP Ventures and private investors.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
7/19/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,700,000
Round
Series B
Investors
WPP Ventures (Lead Investor)
Proceeds Purpose
Affectiva will use the financing to accelerate the development and marketing of Affdex, a software solution for emotion recognition.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
294 Washington St. 1150
Boston, MA 02108
USA
Boston, MA 02108
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
MIT-spinoff Affectiva's emotion sensing and emotion analytics technology is based on patented, deep learning-based science. This is AI come to life.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Rana el Kaliouby
Chief Marketing Officer
Gabi Zijderveld
Chief Operating Officer
Toby Cabot
VP - Bus. Development
Andrew Zeilman
VP - Engineering
Timothy Peacock
VP - Human Resources
Jason Gasdick
VP - R & D
Taniya Mishra
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