Tech Company Financing Transactions

Limelight Networks Funding Round

Goldman Sachs participated in a $130 million funding round for Limelight Networks. This venture round was announced on 7/26/2006.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/26/2006
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$130,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Goldman Sachs (Lead Investor) (Peter Perrone)

Proceeds Purpose
This financing round, our first significant external equity financing, sets the stage for Limelight to continue expanding its infrastructure and capabilities to meet mounting market demand.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
222 South Mill Ave. 800
Tempe, AZ 85281
USA
Email Address
Overview
Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW) is the high performance content delivery network for digital media, providing massively scalable, global delivery solutions for on-demand and live Internet distribution of video, music, games and downloads.
Profile
Limelight Networks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Limelight Networks Company Twitter Account
Company News
Limelight Networks News
Facebook
Limelight Networks on Facebook
YouTube
Limelight Networks on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Robert Lento
  Robert Lento LinkedIn Profile  Robert Lento Twitter Account  Robert Lento News  Robert Lento on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Sajid Malhotra
  Sajid Malhotra LinkedIn Profile  Sajid Malhotra Twitter Account  Sajid Malhotra News  Sajid Malhotra on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Kurt Silverman
  Kurt Silverman LinkedIn Profile  Kurt Silverman Twitter Account  Kurt Silverman News  Kurt Silverman on Facebook
VP - General Counsel
Michael DiSanto
  Michael DiSanto LinkedIn Profile  Michael DiSanto Twitter Account  Michael DiSanto News  Michael DiSanto on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Sandra Brisentine
  Sandra Brisentine LinkedIn Profile  Sandra Brisentine Twitter Account  Sandra Brisentine News  Sandra Brisentine on Facebook
VP - Operations
Daniel Carney
  Daniel Carney LinkedIn Profile  Daniel Carney Twitter Account  Daniel Carney News  Daniel Carney on Facebook


 

 

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