LLR Partners and NewSpring Capital Invest $180M in SparkPost
January 27, 2021
SparkPost, a leading enterprise email delivery and analytics platform, secured a $180 million strategic growth investment from LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital and PNC Bank to fund product innovation and expansion. The financing is intended to accelerate SparkPost's next phase of growth as enterprises increasingly rely on email for customer engagement and commerce.
- Buyers
- LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital, PNC Bank
- Targets
- SparkPost
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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