Tech Company Financing Transactions
Vivino Funding Round
Vivino closed a $25 million Series B venture capital round on 1/12/2016. Backers included SCP Neptune International, Balderton Capital and Creandum.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
1/12/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
SCP Neptune International (Lead Investor) (Christophe Navarre)
Balderton Capital (Suranga Chandratillake)
Proceeds Purpose
Vivino will use this investment to expand its presence in the world's top wine consumption regions like the United States, Italy, France, Spain and Germany. The funding will also allow Vivino to continue to build the world's largest wine marketplace, helping users worldwide discover their next wine from one of the 11,000 merchants on Vivino.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
100 Montgomery St. 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Vivino is an online wine database where users can find, share and remember any wine. The wine database contains 450,000 wines from 11,000 wineries and is available online. Vivino has smartphone apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. The apps use image recognition to identify wines and are like a Shazam for wine.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Tsakalakis
Co-Founder
Theis Søndergaard
Founder
Heini Zachariassen
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