Tech Company Financing Transactions
Tynker Funding Round
On 5/31/2016, Tynker raised $7.1 million in Series A financing from Cervin Ventures, Felicis Ventures and private investors.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
5/31/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$7,100,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Cervin Ventures (Lead Investor)
private investors (Krishna Vedati)
Proceeds Purpose
The company will use the funding for its growth initiatives.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
280 Hope St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Tynker is a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational learning and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way. Tynker is inspired by Scratch from MIT. It is a completely browser-based implementation written using Open Web standards such as Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and does not use Flash.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Krishna Vedati
Chief Technical Officer
Srini Mandyam
Co-Founder
Kelvin Chong
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