Tech Company Financing Transactions

Pocket Gems Funding Round

Pocket Gems secured a $5 million financing round on 12/15/2010. Backers included Sequoia Capital and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
12/15/2010
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Sequoia Capital (Lead Investor) (James Goetz)

Proceeds Purpose
The company, which helped pioneer the movement of social games to the mobile platform in 2009, plans to use the funding to expand its engineering team and to continue to drive the evolution of mobile entertainment.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
220 Montgomery St. 750
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Pocket Gems, a pioneer of the movement of social games to mobile, developed a series of phenomenally successful free-to-play mobile games that have been downloaded more than 15 million times.
Profile
Pocket Gems LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Pocket Gems Company Twitter Account
Company News
Pocket Gems News
Facebook
Pocket Gems on Facebook
YouTube
Pocket Gems on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Daniel Terry
  Daniel Terry LinkedIn Profile  Daniel Terry Twitter Account  Daniel Terry News  Daniel Terry on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Harlan Crystal
  Harlan Crystal LinkedIn Profile  Harlan Crystal Twitter Account  Harlan Crystal News  Harlan Crystal on Facebook


 

 

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