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Alionço: Pipefy raised a $2.4M seed round from Trinity and Redpoint

Alessio Alionço · 633: Pipefy $2.6M Raised, $50k MRR, Helping 400 Customers Organize Processes with CEO Alessio Alionco · Apr 18, 2017 · at 8:45

Pipefy founder and CEO Alessio Alionço discusses the company's early fundraising history and seed investors with Nathan Latka.

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“We raised a 2.4 million from really good investors, like the founders of Zendesk, Trinity Ventures, Redpoint, eVentures, Valor Capital, and we ran two syndicates at Funders Club and at AngelList as well.”

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Pipefy raised a $2.4 million seed round from investors including Trinity Ventures, Redpoint eVentures, Valor Capital, the founders of Zendesk, FundersClub, and AngelList.

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Assessment

Venture capital financing records and contemporary industry reporting corroborate that Pipefy closed a Series Seed-1 round in January 2016 raising $2.36 million (rounded by Alessio Alionço to $2.4 million). All named participants—Trinity Ventures, Redpoint eventures, Valor Capital Group, Zendesk co-founders Alexander Aghassipour and Morten Primdahl, as well as syndicates via FundersClub and AngelList—are confirmed as seed-stage investors in the company.

Forge Global capitalization records document Pipefy's Series Seed-1 round closed on January 19, 2016, raising $2.36 million.
Company disclosures and venture reporting from FinSMEs and Crunchbase News identify Trinity Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Redpoint eventures, and FundersClub as early seed investors.
Tracxn and FinSMEs venture records confirm angel investments in Pipefy's seed round by Zendesk co-founders Morten Primdahl and Alexander Aghassipour.
AngelList/Wellfound syndicate data confirms angel syndication participation in Pipefy's seed financing.

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[1] forgeglobal.com [2] crunchbase.com [3] finsmes.com [4] pipefy.com [5] pipefy.com [6] wellfound.com [7] vcnewsdaily.com [8] tracxn.com

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