Tech Company Financing Transactions

Promptu Funding Round

Lauder Partners and Steelpoint Capital Partners invested in a $11.6 million Series A funding round for Promptu. The round was announced on 9/7/2006.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/7/2006
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$11,600,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Lauder Partners (Lead Investor)

Steelpoint Capital Partners (Lead Investor) (James Caccavo)

Proceeds Purpose
The company will use the funds to accelerate its activities in the mobile sector worldwide.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
333 Ravenswood Ave. Building 201
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
Email Address
Overview
Promptu is a leading innovator of voice recognition-based search and navigation services for mobile phones. The company's award-winning search technology delivers an exciting user experience, instantly responding to spoken search requests with on-target results drawn from enormous content libraries.
Profile
Promptu LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Promptu Company Twitter Account
Company News
Promptu News
Facebook
Promptu on Facebook
YouTube
Promptu on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Giuseppe Staffaroni
  Giuseppe Staffaroni LinkedIn Profile  Giuseppe Staffaroni Twitter Account  Giuseppe Staffaroni News  Giuseppe Staffaroni on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Harry Printz
  Harry Printz LinkedIn Profile  Harry Printz Twitter Account  Harry Printz News  Harry Printz on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Daniele Poggetta
  Daniele Poggetta LinkedIn Profile  Daniele Poggetta Twitter Account  Daniele Poggetta News  Daniele Poggetta on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Jason Simpson
  Jason Simpson LinkedIn Profile  Jason Simpson Twitter Account  Jason Simpson News  Jason Simpson on Facebook


 

 

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