Tech Company Financing Transactions
Stack Exchange Funding Round
Private investors and Union Square Ventures participated in a $6 million funding round for Stack Exchange. The round was announced by the company on 5/4/2010.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
5/4/2010
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$6,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
Union Square Ventures (Brad Burnham)
Proceeds Purpose
StackOverflow plans to use the money to launch more sites with similarly narrow focus in several other verticals.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
110 William St. 28th Floor
New York, NY 10038
USA
New York, NY 10038
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Stack Exchange is a programming Q & A site that's free. Free to ask questions, free to answer questions, free to read, free to index, built with plain old HTML, no fake rot13 text on the home page, no scammy google-cloaking tactics, no salespeople, no JavaScript windows dropping down in front of the answer asking for $12.95 to go away.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Joel Spolsky
Co-Founder
Michael Pryor
Executive Vice President
Jay Hanlon
General Manager
Alex Miller
VP - Engineering
David Fullerton
VP - Finance
Jerry Raphael
VP - Marketing
Khalid El Khatib
VP - Operations
Mihir Pathak
VP - Product Management
William Cole
VP - Sales
Guy Zerega
Browse more venture capital transactions:
Prev: 5/4/2010: Tidemark venture capital transaction
Next: 5/5/2010: The Extraordinaries venture capital transaction
Share this article
Where The Data Comes From
We do our best to report on funding rounds that are announced publicly. VC investment data records reported here are sourced from news reports and company announcements. The data comes to us via our partnership with VentureDeal.com, an affiliated venture.
Additional Resources for Entrepreneurs