Tech Company Financing Transactions

Grockit Funding Round

On 6/2/2008, Grockit raised $8 million in Series B funding from Integral Capital Partners and Benchmark Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/2/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,000,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
500 Third Street 260
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Grockit's mission is to abolish Education and replace it with Learning. To this end, we aim to utilize the awesome power of the internet to help the world learn. Our first step is leveraging the web to provide live online GMAT test prep classes to anyone with a PC and an Internet connection.
Profile
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Social Media
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Company News
Grockit News
Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Roy Gilbert
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Founder
Farb Nivi
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VP - Engineering
Chris Henley
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VP - Marketing
Aaron Burcell
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