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DocuSign Raises $85M

By TechTaffy Desk

Digital transaction management company DocuSign has raised $85 million. The lion’s share of the investment came from large institutional public funds and the balance from existing investors, says the company. The latest investment brings DocuSign’s total funding to $210 million to date.

DocuSign investors include Comcast Ventures, Google Ventures, salesforce.com, SAP Ventures, and the National Association of Realtors, along with Sigma West, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Accel Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, and Frazier Technology Ventures. Morgan Stanley acted as sole placement agent on the transaction.

[Image courtesy: DocuSign]

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