Bellevue, Wash. – May 5, 2008 – Apptio, an on-demand software vendor focused on enabling IT organizations to optimize their services and operations, today announced three new management team additions and a new member of its board of directors, Yuval Scarlat, a former senior executive of Mercury Interactive. The combination of Scarlat and the new management team members brings extensive experience in general management, product management, marketing and sales to Apptio and will serve to further accelerate the company’s development. Apptio is currently operating in stealth mode and has received broad validation of its value proposition and experienced great customer traction.
Joining the Apptio Management team are:
Apptio also announced that Yuval Scarlat has joined its board of directors. A former SVP of Products at Mercury Interactive, the leading provider of Business Technology Optimization (BTO) software, Scarlat was instrumental in setting the strategy that led to revenue exceeding a billion dollars, leadership positions in Mercury’s key markets and tens of thousands of successful customers. Scarlat joins a board that already includes Tom Bogan (Greylock Partners), Matt McIlwain (Madrona Venture Group), Sunny Gupta (Apptio CEO and co-founder, former EVP of Products at Opsware and co-founder of iConclude), and Kurt Shintaffer (Apptio CFO and co-founder, former CFO of iConclude).
These leadership announcements build on Apptio’s series A funding which closed in November 2007, was led by Greylock Partners and Madrona Venture Group and raised over $7 million for the company. Additional investors included:
“Our new executive team and board members all have been extremely successful in their respective fields and bring considerable experience to Apptio,” said Sunny Gupta, CEO and co-founder of Apptio. “We are thrilled to attract such key players to the team and are confident that they will help us build the next great, enterprise software-as-a-service company.”
Apptio is an innovative software-as-a-service vendor focused on developing solutions that enable IT organizations worldwide to optimize their services and operations. Founded in 2007 by an executive team with over 50 years of experience in enterprise systems management software building high growth businesses, Apptio is backed by Greylock Partners and Madrona Venture Group with additional investors including Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Frank Artale, Ignition Ventures, and Shasta Ventures.
Founded in 1965, Greylock Partners is one of the world's leading early-stage venture capital firms. Over the past 40 years, Greylock funded and helped build several hundred successful companies in the United States, Israel, and Europe. The Greylock approach uniquely puts the entrepreneur first, with Greylock working as an 'invited guest' in a highly supportive yet consultative way to help entrepreneurs build market-leading companies. Companies Greylock funded include Ascend Communications, Continental Cable, DoubleClick, Internet Security Systems, Legato, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Phone.com (now OpenWave), Tellabs, Trilogy, Red Hat, and Sungard. Greylock's offices are located in the Boston area and in Silicon Valley. For more information, visit www.greylock.com.
Madrona has been investing in early-stage technology companies in the Pacific Northwest since 1995 and has been privileged to play a role in some of the region's most successful technology ventures. The firm invests predominately in seed and Series A rounds across the information technology spectrum including consumer Internet, commercial software and services, digital media and advertising, networking and infrastructure, and wireless. Madrona currently manages over $425 million and was an early investor in companies such as Amazon.com, Isilon Systems, Farecast, iConclude, World Wide Packets and ShareBuilder. To learn more, visit www.madrona.com.
Michelle Homes
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