Published: November 20, 2009
ExactTarget Adds Technology Crossover Ventures to Board of Directors
INDIANAPOLIS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - ExactTarget,
a global provider of on-demand email marketing and one-to-one marketing
solutions, announced today that David
Yuan of Technology
Crossover Ventures (TCV) has joined its board of directors following
an investment in the company by the Silicon Valley-based venture fund.
TCV is one of the nation's largest technology-focused venture capital
firms with a portfolio of privately held and public companies including
Netflix, eHarmony, Expedia and Fandango.
"David and the TCV team bring tremendous experience leading the
explosive growth of top-tier software and technology companies," said
Scott Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of ExactTarget.
"David's leadership and depth of experience will be invaluable to our
team as we look to broaden our product platform and expand
internationally."
David is a principal at TCV and joined the firm in 2005. He previously
served as a senior associate at JPMorgan Partners, where he focused on
enterprise software and Internet investments. He also served in various
strategy and business development roles at SAP, VMWare and Bain &
Company.
Yuan, who currently serves on the board of Seismic Micro-Technology,
holds an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from
Stanford Graduate School of Business.
"ExactTarget's experienced and talented management team have built a
clear industry leader for email marketing and one-to-one marketing
solutions," said Yuan. "We are excited to help ExactTarget extend its
leadership and capitalize on the exciting growth opportunities in the
online marketing sector."
Since its inception in 1995, TCV has guided more than 40 companies
through initial public offerings and currently has more than $7.7
billion under management.
About TCV
Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), founded in 1995, is a leading
provider of growth capital to technology companies, providing funds to
later-stage private and public companies. With $7.7 billion in capital
under management, TCV has made growth equity and recapitalization
investments in over 160 companies leading to 45 initial public offerings
and more than 30 strategic sales or mergers. Representative investments
include Altiris, eHarmony, Expedia, Fandango, Liquidnet, Netflix,
RealNetworks, Redback Networks, Solect Technology, TechTarget,
Travelport, Webroot, and Zillow. TCV has 11 partners and is
headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more information about TCV,
visit www.tcv.com.
About ExactTarget
ExactTarget is a leading global provider of on-demand email and
one-to-one marketing solutions. The company's software as a service
technology provides organizations a single platform to connect with
customers via triggered and transactional email, integrated text
messaging, voice messaging, landing pages and social media. Supported
by collaborative global services teams, ExactTarget's technology
integrates with more sales and marketing information systems than any
other in the industry, including Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM,
Omniture and Webtrends among many others. ExactTarget's software powers
permission-based multi-channel communications for thousands of
organizations around the world including Expedia.com, Aurora Fashions,
Papa John's, CareerBuilder.com, Gannett Co., Inc., The Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society, The Home Depot and Wellpoint, Inc. For more
information, visit www.exacttarget.com
or call 1-866-EMAILET.
ExactTarget
Mitch Frazier, 317-275-5034
mfrazier@ExactTarget.com
OR
Dittoe
PR for ExactTarget
Lauren Sanders, 317-202-2280 X 10
lauren@dittoepr.com
OR
Kinetic.PR
for TCV
Shifali Erasmus-Bhagat, 650-315-7526
shifali@kineticprllc.com
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