Whereby, a Norwegian video meeting company, raised $12m in funding.
Backers included Point Nine, Jason M. Lemkin’s SaaStr fund, and a group of more than 20 angel investors including:
Jason M. Lemkin – Serial entrepreneur and founder of Saastr
John Komkov – Investor @Fathom Capital
Harry Stebbings – Founder of 20 Minute VC
Jeff Morris Jr – Investor & Founder @ChapterOne, VP Product/Revenue @Tinder
Josh Buckley – Entrepreneur & CEO @Producthunt
Josh Hannah – Investor
Li Jin – Investor @AtelierVentures
Jonathan Forster – Founding Member @Spotify
Alex MacCaw – Co-founder @Clearbit
Matt Robinson – Founder of @GoCardless and @Nested
Christian Berg – Chair and CFO at Wilhelmsen Group
David Hauser – Entrepreneur and founder of @Chargify, @Grasshopper and @Superfat
Hiten Shah – Serial Entrepreneur
Mats Diedrichsen – Former CMO @Delivery Hero
Elizabeth Yin – Investor @Hustlefund
Joseph Kotkins – Entrepreneur
Robert Munoz – Co-founder @Typeform
David Okuniev – Co-founder @Typeform
Paolo Negri – Co-founder @Contentful
Rich Waldron – CEO @Tray.io
Nicolas Dessaigne – Co-founder @Algolia and Investor
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth, expand its team and further develop products.
Founded in 2013 and led by Øyvind Reed, CEO, Whereby provides a human-centric video meetings platform, which allows users to embed intuitive tools such as Google Docs, Trello and Miro directly in their meetings. Users choose their own personalized URL and meet over their browser – on mobile or desktop. Built-in features like screen and audio sharing, session recording, branded rooms and customisable room links allow users to get the most of their video meetings. The platform integrates with Miro, Trello and Google Docs.
FinSMEs
17/03/2021