Tech Company Financing Transactions

Karmasphere Funding Round

Karmasphere closed a $5 million Series A financing round on 4/8/2010. Investors included HWVP and U.S. Venture Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/8/2010
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

HWVP (Lead Investor) (Ann Winblad)

U.S. Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (David Liddle)

Proceeds Purpose
The money raised will be used to further commercialize Karmasphere's software for analyzing very large data sets or, what is commonly called, Big Data.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
181 Metro Dr.
San Jose, CA 95110
USA
Email Address
Overview
Karmasphere is a business analytics software company bringing Apache Hadoop power to the desktop. Karmasphere enables companies to unlock the competitive advantages within their large datasets by providing an easy-to-use class of client-side software.
Profile
Karmasphere LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Karmasphere Company Twitter Account
Company News
Karmasphere News
Facebook
Karmasphere on Facebook
YouTube
Karmasphere on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Will Lansing
  Will Lansing LinkedIn Profile  Will Lansing Twitter Account  Will Lansing News  Will Lansing on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Mike Pung
  Mike Pung LinkedIn Profile  Mike Pung Twitter Account  Mike Pung News  Mike Pung on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Stuart Wells
  Stuart Wells LinkedIn Profile  Stuart Wells Twitter Account  Stuart Wells News  Stuart Wells on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Richard Deal
  Richard Deal LinkedIn Profile  Richard Deal Twitter Account  Richard Deal News  Richard Deal on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Wayne Huyard
  Wayne Huyard LinkedIn Profile  Wayne Huyard Twitter Account  Wayne Huyard News  Wayne Huyard on Facebook


 

 

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