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GetJar

1510 Fashion Island Boulevard #300, San Mateo, CA, 94404, United States

Overview

GetJar is an independent, cross-platform app store provider. Its platform ranks among the top five mobile app store operators, competing with Apple, Google, Microsoft and Nokia. In the past year, monthly app downloads registered on GetJar quadrupled, and the company has tripled headcount year-over-year. The company announced a $25 million Series C to support continued growth. Founder and CEO Ilja Laurs discussed the raise and the competitive landscape at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The round brings the company's total capital raised to $42 million. GetJar is described as an app store company. TechCrunch reported that GetJar raised $11 million in a Series B financing. The disclosed investor in the round was Accel Partners. The provided excerpt does not include further details about GetJar’s product features or roadmap. No operating metrics, revenue, or user numbers are given in the article excerpt. Additional corporate information such as founding year or headquarters location is not present in the provided text.

Total raised
$36M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series C
Latest activity
Feb 2011

Industries

  • Android
  • Apps
  • Mobile
  • Mobile Advertising
  • Wireless
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Recent funding

  1. Series C

    Feb 2011

    $25M

  2. Series B

    Jun 2010

    $11M

Team

No current team members are available.