{"id":698,"date":"2012-05-25T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T10:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=698"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:14:23","slug":"huddle-completes-24m-funding-round-ponders-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/huddle-completes-24m-funding-round-ponders-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Huddle completes $24m funding round, ponders IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huddle, the company co-founded by 2009 <a href=\"\/young-guns\/andy-mcloughlin-and-alastair-mitchell\/\">Growing Business Young Guns Andy McLoughlin and Alistair Mitchell<\/a>, has closed a series C funding round worth a total of $24m.<\/p>\n<p>The round, which takes total investment in Huddle past the $40m mark, has been led by a pair of Silicon Valley-based venture capital firms, Jafco Ventures and DAG Ventures, both of which specialise in investing in young, promising tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>Jafco and DAG has been supported by existing backers Matrix Partners and Eden Ventures, as well as Subrah Lyar, the founder of web conferencing firm WebEx.<\/p>\n<p>The latest investment, building on a series B round which closed two years ago this month, will enable Huddle to triple its staff base over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which is co-headquartered in London and San Francisco, launched an office in New York earlier this month, and its client list currently includes NASA, Procter and Gamble and Saatchi &amp; Saatchi.<\/p>\n<p>Following its latest round of funding, Huddle is now weighing up the idea of a flotation over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Alastair Mitchell said: &ldquo;An IPO is on the plan, perhaps in a couple of years. 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