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Series B Led by New Investor Greylock
Partners With Participation From EMC and Existing Investor
Foundation Capital
Edge Dynamics, the leading provider
of channel commerce management solutions, announced this week
it has secured $12 million in Series B financing. The new
round of financing was led by new investor Greylock Partners
with strong participation from Edge Dynamics' current investor,
Foundation Capital, and other new investors, EMC and Silicon
Valley Bank Capital. With this final round of investment,
Edge Dynamics has attracted a total of $21M in financing.
The new financing will be used to
accelerate the strategic business expansion of Edge Dynamics'
market-leading CCM solutions into additional segments in the
pharmaceutical market as well as to accelerate further product
innovation.
In conjunction with this round of
investment, Dave Strohm, a partner at Greylock, has joined
the Edge Dynamics Board of Directors. "Greylock is enthusiastic
about our opportunity to become a significant investor in
Edge Dynamics. This is a seasoned and intensely committed
team of people. That commitment, coupled with product and
services that deliver significant and immediate value to customers,
has enabled Edge Dynamics to build an impressive customer
base, with even more impressive customer satisfaction," said
Strohm. "I believe Edge Dynamics is well on its way to achieving
a position of industry leadership, and I look forward to working
with this team over the next several years to extend that
leadership."
"Edge Dynamics has executed with excellence
since its inception - that was what drew us to invest initially
and to continue our participation in this round," added Paul
Holland, a general partner at Foundation Capital and Edge
Dynamics board member. "This new investment enables Edge Dynamics
to accelerate its market momentum."
The Edge Dynamics' CCM solution currently
addresses the approximately $500M annual market opportunity
in the pharmaceutical industry by uniquely combining transaction
processing with in-line analytics to solve critical business
issues in the areas of channel control, regulatory compliance,
and patient safety. With Edge Dynamics' solutions, companies
can achieve measurable revenue increases of one percent or
more. Customers successfully using Edge Dynamics today include
industry leaders such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, King Pharma,
and Purdue Pharma L.P., among many others.
"This investment will enable us to
accelerate our pace of growth and further capitalize on this
significant and rapidly growing market opportunity for channel
commerce management solutions," said John McGrory, president
and CEO, Edge Dynamics. "Greylock is one of the most respected
private equity firms in the world and Dave Strohm is the investor
behind many of the world's most successful technology companies.
We are pleased to partner with Greylock and Dave to realize
our vision for creating the next great software company."
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