Tech Company Financing Transactions

Yammer Funding Round

Yammer, based in San Francisco, secured $25 million in funding from U.S. Venture Partners, CRV and Emergence Capital Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Yammer
Announced On
11/30/2010
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

U.S. Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Mamoon Hamid)

CRV (George Zachary)

Emergence Capital Partners (Jason Green)

Founders Fund

Proceeds Purpose
The new funding will help the company capitalize on this momentum by rapidly scaling its operations. Yammer plans to triple the size of its engineering team and significantly grow its sales organization. In addition, with Yammer now in use in 136 countries, the company will open offices in Europe and Australia in response to global demand.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
410 Townsend St 300
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
415-796-7401
Website
www.yammer.com
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: 'What are you working on?'As employees answer that question, a feed is created in one central location enabling co-workers to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information.
Profile
Yammer LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Yammer Company Twitter Account
Company News
Yammer News
Facebook
Yammer on Facebook
YouTube
Yammer on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Sacks
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Chief Technical Officer
Adam Pisoni
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VP - Customer Service
David Obrand
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VP - Engineering
Kris Gale
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VP - Marketing
Dee McPherson
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VP - Product Management
James Patterson
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