INACTIVE/DISSOLVED
Founded
31 Dec 1982
Business classification

VCID: 115684
    Profile
    Founders

    Corporate information

    Official name
    Lotus Development Corporation

    Registration country
    Investment activity status
    Not investing

    Company type

    Robust collaboration software company that empowers people to connect, collaborate, and innovate while optimizing the way they work.

    Funding rounds

    Acquisition USD 3,500,000,000


    USD 3,500,000,000 (6 Jul 1995) at USD 3,500,000,000 valuation.

    Profile Country Notes
    IBM Corp American multinational information technology company United States USD 3,500,000,000 (USD 3,500,000,000). Initial investment. Led the round.


    Profile Country Notes
    Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Venture capital firm. United States Initial investment. Round participant.

    Current and past shareholders

    Investor Contacts Round
    IBM Corp logo IBM Corp
    American multinational information technology company
    Acquisition
    Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC logo Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC
    Venture capital firm.
    +1 (650) 233-2750
    N/A (exited)

    Selected investments

    Country Date Notes
    Sybase Inc
    Software company developing relational database management systems for network computer environments.
    United States 31 Dec 1989 N/A