Remove Calabasas Remove Capital Remove Sales Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

socalTECH

Meritech Capital also participated in the funding. Robison reports that the company now has over 400 employees, spread across seven building in a Carpinteria campus, in addition to a web development branch in Calabasas, and sales offices in the UK and Australia.

Funding 178
article thumbnail

What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally. We've also got a facility in Calabasas which we're just finishing renovating.

Funding 164
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally. We've also got a facility in Calabasas which we're just finishing renovating.

Funding 164
article thumbnail

Interview with Gary Bishop, Network Automation

socalTECH

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. Gary Bishop: My background, prior to Network Automation, was in the financial technology marketplace.

article thumbnail

How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

socalTECH

The clean technology sector is infamous for taking a big toll on startups--requiring large investments, risky technology propositions, steep international competition, and fickle government policies. Because you're in an emerging market, your funding initially for sales and marketing is very small.

Help 178