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Authorea Funding Round

On 1/8/2016, Authorea received $1.5 million in funding from Lux Capital, ff Venture Capital and New York Angels.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/8/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,500,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Lux Capital (Lead Investor) (Adam Goulburn)

ff Venture Capital (John Frankel)

New York Angels

The Knight Foundation

Proceeds Purpose
Authorea is rapidly growing in fields outside of the hard sciences, such as genomics, environmental science, and computational biology. Authorea plans to use the proceeds of this funding to encourage more open, data-driven research of this kind.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
101 River St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Collaborate on scientific articles, write student papers, share technical documents. Authorea is the online editor and word processor for scholars and researchers.
Profile
Authorea LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Authorea Company Twitter Account
Company News
Authorea News
Facebook
Authorea on Facebook
YouTube
Authorea on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Alberto Pepe
  Alberto Pepe LinkedIn Profile  Alberto Pepe Twitter Account  Alberto Pepe News  Alberto Pepe on Facebook
Chief Scientific Officer
Matteo Cantiello
  Matteo Cantiello LinkedIn Profile  Matteo Cantiello Twitter Account  Matteo Cantiello News  Matteo Cantiello on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Nathan Jenkins
  Nathan Jenkins LinkedIn Profile  Nathan Jenkins Twitter Account  Nathan Jenkins News  Nathan Jenkins on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Deyan Ginev
  Deyan Ginev LinkedIn Profile  Deyan Ginev Twitter Account  Deyan Ginev News  Deyan Ginev on Facebook
VP - R & D
Josh Nicholson
  Josh Nicholson LinkedIn Profile  Josh Nicholson Twitter Account  Josh Nicholson News  Josh Nicholson on Facebook


 

 

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