We look forward to working with them to continue making WeTransfer a fun, productive and intuitive experience, which wows its users every time." Tony Zappalà and Irena Goldenberg, Partners at HCPE, will be joining WeTransfer's board. The team has bootstrapped an amazing company, built around a product that creative professionals and consumers worldwide love to use. Tony Zappalà, Partner of Highland Capital Partners Europe, said: "We are delighted to have invested in WeTransfer. In addition to supporting us with funding, HCPE will offer advice and expertise to help us achieve our goal to build on WeTransfer's brand and offering." When HCPE approached us, we had an instant connection. WeTransfer will use the investment to continue to innovate and develop its product portfolio and build the brand further across the US, Europe and beyond.īas Beerens, founder and CEO of WeTransfer, commented: "Funding isn't something we proactively looked for, but having been approached by a significant number of investors from across the globe in the past two years, we realised there were bigger opportunities to grow as a service and a brand.
Having more than doubled its revenues in the last year the company will strive to maintain its position as the most popular file-transfer service in the world.
WeTransfer has been consistently profitable since 2013 and has continued to grow its user base to over 70 million users. With its track record of high profile investments, HCPE will play an active role in advising WeTransfer's board and will help them to accelerate growth globally. The successful completion of fundraising is a new milestone for WeTransfer, providing the company with an injection of both capital and expertise. Highland Capital Partners Europe, which has previously invested in and Brandwatch in the UK and Rent the Runway and Malwarebytes in the US, has invested $25 million, taking up a minority share in the business. The funding round will support the rapid growth of WeTransfer across the US, Europe and beyond.
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WeTransfer, the worldwide leading file-transfer service, has completed a major Series A round of funding from top-tier investor, Highland Capital Partners Europe.
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