Tech Company Financing Transactions

Contactual Funding Round

Contactual closed a $9 million Series A funding round on 4/26/2006. Investors included Leapfrog Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/26/2006
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$9,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Leapfrog Ventures (Lead Investor) (Peter Sinclair)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the round will be used to finance continuing enhancements to the Contactual platform, now in its fifth generation with over 500 tenants provisioned at the Contactual data center and additional customers hosted separately by channel partners such as NEC in Australia and Vitstage in Japan. The funds will also be used to expand the company's sales, marketing and channel initiatives.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Infrastructure
Mailing Address
810 W. Maude Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
USA
Email Address
Overview
Contactual pioneered the use of hosted contact centers that dramatically reduce the costs of outfitting customer service, help desk, technical support and inside sales team operations by eliminating the need for premise-based infrastructure.
Profile
Contactual LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Contactual Company Twitter Account
Company News
Contactual News
Facebook
Contactual on Facebook
YouTube
Contactual on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Brennan
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VP - Engineering
Praveen Hegde
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VP - Finance
David Chen
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VP - Operations
Matt Krichbaum
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VP - Sales
Wendell Black
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