Tech Company Financing Transactions
Buddy Media Funding Round
Buddy Media closed a $54 million Series D financing round on 8/15/2011. Investors included Bay Partners, GGV Capital and Insight Venture Partners.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
8/15/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$54,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors
Bay Partners (Salil Deshpande)
GGV Capital (Jeffrey Richards)
Insight Venture Partners (Deven Parekh)
IVP (Steven Harrick)
Proceeds Purpose
The capital will be used to more than double its product, sales and support staff in the next year as well as fund additional global offices and acquisitions.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
1845 Bdwy. 3
New York, NY 10023
USA
New York, NY 10023
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Buddy Media is a leading developer of applications for social media sites, including Facebook and MySpace. Buddy Media owns and operates more than 15 applications that have been added by more than 7 million Facebook users. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Lazerow
Chief Financial Officer
Dennis Morgan
Chief Marketing Officer
Jeff Ragovin
Chief Operating Officer
Kass Lazerow
VP - Bus. Development
David Honig
VP - Client Services
Michael Jaindl
VP - Engineering
Alain Benzaken
VP - Finance
Trisha Elliott
VP - General Counsel
Natalie Stein
VP - Operations
Valeh V
VP - Sales
Myles K
Browse more venture capital transactions:
Prev: 8/15/2011: Pulmatrix venture capital transaction
Next: 8/16/2011: HzO venture capital transaction
Share this article
Where The Data Comes From
Our team works diligently to record every notable VC transaction. VC investment data records reported here are sourced from a variety of public sources. The data is sourced from VentureDeal.com, an affiliated venture.
Additional Resources for Entrepreneurs