Tech Company Financing Transactions

GuideSpark Funding Round

On 3/5/2014, GuideSpark raised $15 million in Series B financing from New Enterprise Associates, Ridge Ventures and Storm Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/5/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

New Enterprise Associates (Lead Investor) (Peter Sonsini)

Ridge Ventures

Storm Ventures (Ryan Floyd)

Proceeds Purpose
GuideSpark plans to use its new capital on hiring, especially in the sales and marketing department, and to develop new technology, improving the speed of content creation and its analytics platform in 2014.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Communications
Mailing Address
1400a Seaport Blvd. 500
Redwood City, CA 94063
USA
Email Address
Overview
GuideSpark's employee engagement & internal communication platform transforms employee communications via engaging & customized contents. Learn more.
Profile
GuideSpark LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
GuideSpark Company Twitter Account
Company News
GuideSpark News
Facebook
GuideSpark on Facebook
YouTube
GuideSpark on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Keith Kitani
  Keith Kitani LinkedIn Profile  Keith Kitani Twitter Account  Keith Kitani News  Keith Kitani on Facebook
Vice President
Charles Lee
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VP - Bus. Development
Valerie Burman
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VP - Engineering
Elizabeth Daggert
  Elizabeth Daggert LinkedIn Profile  Elizabeth Daggert Twitter Account  Elizabeth Daggert News  Elizabeth Daggert on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Colleen Blake
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VP - Product Management
Gytis Barzdukas
  Gytis Barzdukas LinkedIn Profile  Gytis Barzdukas Twitter Account  Gytis Barzdukas News  Gytis Barzdukas on Facebook
VP - Sales
Ian Gilbert
  Ian Gilbert LinkedIn Profile  Ian Gilbert Twitter Account  Ian Gilbert News  Ian Gilbert on Facebook


 

 

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