Tech Company Financing Transactions

Affectiva Funding Round

On 5/26/2016, Affectiva raised $14 million in financing from Bandai Namco, CAC Holdings and Sega Sammy Holdings.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/26/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$14,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
The investment will be used to drive the company's continued innovation in Emotion AI and to further accelerate rapid growth into global markets.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
294 Washington St. 1150
Boston, MA 02108
USA
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
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Rana el Kaliouby
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Chief Marketing Officer
Gabi Zijderveld
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Chief Operating Officer
Toby Cabot
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VP - Bus. Development
Andrew Zeilman
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VP - Engineering
Timothy Peacock
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VP - Human Resources
Jason Gasdick
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VP - R & D
Taniya Mishra
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