Tech Company Financing Transactions

Vivino Funding Round

Vivino closed a $155 million Series D funding round on 2/4/2021. Investors included Kinnevik, Creandum and GP Bullhound.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/4/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$155,000,000
Round
Series D
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to improve its core technology and artificial intelligence platform, deepen its focus on select markets including the US, Germany, the UK, Italy, Japan, and Portugal.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
100 Montgomery St. 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
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
Vivino LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Vivino Company Twitter Account
Company News
Vivino News
Facebook
Vivino on Facebook
YouTube
Vivino on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Tsakalakis
  Chris Tsakalakis LinkedIn Profile  Chris Tsakalakis Twitter Account  Chris Tsakalakis News  Chris Tsakalakis on Facebook
Co-Founder
Theis Søndergaard
  Theis Søndergaard LinkedIn Profile  Theis Søndergaard Twitter Account  Theis Søndergaard News  Theis Søndergaard on Facebook
Founder
Heini Zachariassen
  Heini Zachariassen LinkedIn Profile  Heini Zachariassen Twitter Account  Heini Zachariassen News  Heini Zachariassen on Facebook


 

 

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