Jerry Yang

SignalWire Secures $11.5M Series A Financing Round Led by Storm Ventures

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Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Computing, Computer networking, Digital technology, Dean Drako, Barracuda Networks, Jerry Yang, OGS, FreeSWITCH, Sequoia Capital

Storm Ventures led the round joined by institutional investors Samsung NEXT and Sequoia Capital (Sequoia Scouts) and by fellow Silicon Valley OGs Erik Yang (CEO, Zoom), Dean Drako (Founder, Barracuda Networks), Yahoo's Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures) and Ron Neuenberger (AngelFire).

Key Points: 
  • Storm Ventures led the round joined by institutional investors Samsung NEXT and Sequoia Capital (Sequoia Scouts) and by fellow Silicon Valley OGs Erik Yang (CEO, Zoom), Dean Drako (Founder, Barracuda Networks), Yahoo's Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures) and Ron Neuenberger (AngelFire).
  • SignalWire is the next phase in our goal to democratize communications by making this infinitely powerful technology accessible to anyone with an idea.
  • SignalWire Cloud allows developers of all skill sets to access the underlying power of FreeSWITCH technology via an elastic cloud platform.
  • "Storm Ventures invests in technologies that have the potential to be game-changers, and SignalWire is a prime example.