Tech Company Financing Transactions

Penguin Computing Funding Round

Convergence Partners, Sunrise Capital and Weber Capital Management participated in a $10 million funding round for Penguin Computing. The round was recorded on 11/4/2004.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/4/2004
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The capital will be used to enhance the capabilities of its Scyld Beowulf cluster software and its highly reliable Linux systems; to grow its salesforce and professional services organization to meet rapidly increasing customer demand; and to drive aggressive marketing efforts to expand its customer base in the technical and scientific computing, high performance and high availability markets.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
45800 Northport Loop West
Fremont, CA 94538
USA
Email Address
Overview
Penguin Computing is the leading innovator of highly scalable Linux cluster, server and workstation platforms based on open standards hardware and software.
Profile
Penguin Computing LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Penguin Computing Company Twitter Account
Company News
Penguin Computing News
Facebook
Penguin Computing on Facebook
YouTube
Penguin Computing on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Tom Coull
  Tom Coull LinkedIn Profile  Tom Coull Twitter Account  Tom Coull News  Tom Coull on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Cummins
  Lisa Cummins LinkedIn Profile  Lisa Cummins Twitter Account  Lisa Cummins News  Lisa Cummins on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Phillip Pokorny
  Phillip Pokorny LinkedIn Profile  Phillip Pokorny Twitter Account  Phillip Pokorny News  Phillip Pokorny on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Matt Jacobs
  Matt Jacobs LinkedIn Profile  Matt Jacobs Twitter Account  Matt Jacobs News  Matt Jacobs on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Andreas Junge
  Andreas Junge LinkedIn Profile  Andreas Junge Twitter Account  Andreas Junge News  Andreas Junge on Facebook


 

 

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