Tech Company Financing Transactions
High Gear Media Funding Round
On 6/30/2009, High Gear Media landed $5.5 million in Series B funding from DAG Ventures, Accel Partners and Greylock Partners.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
6/30/2009
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,500,000
Round
Series B
Investors
DAG Ventures (Lead Investor) (Nick Pianim)
Accel Partners (Andrew Braccia)
Greylock Partners (James Slavet)
Proceeds Purpose
The funds will be used for further expansion of High Gear Media's technology platform and strategic acquisitions to accelerate the growth of its network of owned and operated websites.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
830 Menlo Ave 201
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
High Gear Media is a vertical media company publishing engaging, premium automotive content on some of the Web's fastest growing car websites targeting key buyer and vehicle segments.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Heist
VP - Bus. Development
Eugene Lee
VP - Engineering
Yacine Filali
VP - Product Management
Jeff Birkeland
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