Tech Company Financing Transactions

Virool Funding Round

Virool, operating out of San Francisco, received $12 million in funding from 500 Global, Flint Capital and Menlo Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/1/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$12,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

500 Global (Dave McClure)

Flint Capital (Artem Burachenok)

Menlo Ventures (John Jarve)

Yahoo!

Proceeds Purpose
The additional funding will accelerate our North America, Latin America and Europe plans, and extend Virool into APAC with the strategic sense of Yahoo! Japan.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
3043 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Email Address
Overview
Today, there are over 300,000 videos being uploaded on the web every day with 80% of them getting less than 1,000 views. Most companies hoping for their videos to go viral face two challenges: getting enough exposure and reaching their desired demographic. Enter Virool.
Profile
Virool LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Virool Company Twitter Account
Company News
Virool News
Facebook
Virool on Facebook
YouTube
Virool on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Alexander Debelov
  Alexander Debelov LinkedIn Profile  Alexander Debelov Twitter Account  Alexander Debelov News  Alexander Debelov on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Vladimir Gurgov
  Vladimir Gurgov LinkedIn Profile  Vladimir Gurgov Twitter Account  Vladimir Gurgov News  Vladimir Gurgov on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Alexander Petrov
  Alexander Petrov LinkedIn Profile  Alexander Petrov Twitter Account  Alexander Petrov News  Alexander Petrov on Facebook


 

 

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