Socialtext raised a Series B round of venture capital. That's the only clue I'm going to give you, clues are out there.
Almost announced it at Les Blogs. It's a really big deal, something we worked hard on for a long time, with some great people and has wonderful implications for enterprise social software.
That said, I have a list of five key details of the deal (added below), that does not include the valuation. First person to blog those five details by the end of May wins a Socialtext Starter Package of five Socialtext.net seats for one year. So tell me:
Now go get 'em, you bloggers as journalists. I'll be watching tag: socialtextb
- Who led the round
- Total investment
- Participating firms
- A new Board Member
- On what odd day did it close?
Maybe a lawyer would have me include this statement: Employees, participants to the deal and people under a Socialtext NDA (rare) can't win. Our competitors could win as all that hard work has to pay off sometime and we want everyone to have better tools.
UPDATE:
- Draper Fisher Jurveston is an investor, as blogged by Juri