Tech Company Financing Transactions
Platfora Funding Round
Platfora, operating out of San Mateo, secured $20 million from Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Sutter Hill Ventures.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
11/13/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Battery Ventures (Lead Investor) (Roger Lee)
Andreessen Horowitz (Scott Weiss)
Sutter Hill Ventures (Michael Speiser)
Proceeds Purpose
Platfora will use the investment to respond to strong interest in its product -- by expanding sales and marketing organizations in the US and globally, and continuing to build out its highly regarded product engineering and design team.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
1300 S El Camino Real 6th Floor
San Mateo, CA 94402
USA
San Mateo, CA 94402
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Platfora is the first company to harness the potential of Hadoop so that any business user can explore, interact with, and derive insight from massive data sets, and all via an intuitive and dynamic interface.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Ben Werther
Chief Executive Officer
Jason Zintak
Chief Technical Officer
Kevin Beyer
VP - Engineering
John Schuster
VP - Finance
Intekhab Nazeer
VP - Human Resources
Stephani Martin
VP - Product Management
Peter Schlampp
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