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Dhillon: Informatica raised $13.5M in venture capital prior to IPO

Gaurav Dhillon · 652: SnapLogic Raises $136M, $70M+ ARR Helping 750 Customers ($138k ACV) Connect Data Streams with CEO Gaurav Dhillon · May 7, 2017 · at 2:24

Gaurav Dhillon, co-founder of Informatica and CEO of SnapLogic, reflects on the early capital raised to scale Informatica into a market leader in ETL and data warehousing.

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“We raised 13.5 million dollars.”

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The claim, plainly

Informatica raised a total of $13.5 million in venture capital prior to its IPO.

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Assessment

Historical financial records and independent company profiles confirm that Informatica raised a total of $13.5 million in venture capital and early-stage funding prior to its initial public offering in April 1999. There are no competing records or filings documenting a conflicting figure for its total pre-IPO outside equity funding.

TalkMarkets historical profile (July 8, 2022) confirms Informatica 'went on to raise $13.5 million in funding before it went public in 1999'.
SEC Form S-1 and subsequent Form 10-K filings document Informatica's pre-IPO capitalization and conversion of preferred stock upon its April 1999 IPO.
Prior historical interviews and venture capital records consistently document the total pre-IPO outside funding raised at $13.5 million.

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"Informatica" "13.5 million" OR "$13.5" "venture" OR "preferred" OR "S-1" OR "IPO" site:sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/ "Informatica Corporation" "333-72677" "Informatica" "S-1" SEC filing "1999" "raised" OR "convertible preferred stock" "Informatica" "initial public offering" "1999" "Series A" OR "Series B" OR "Series C" OR "preferred stock" "Informatica" "13.5" OR "13.5 million" OR "$13.5 million" "IPO" OR "venture" OR "funded" OR "raised" -Fastweb

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