Cloud Elements Raises New Funding Round From American Express Ventures


Funding Round to Help Bring New Digital Experiences to Market

DENVER, Oct. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloud Elements, the leading API integration platform for digital products, announced today that it has raised a new funding round from American Express Ventures, the strategic investment group within American Express. Amex Ventures joins existing investors Harbert Growth Partners, Rally Ventures, Access Ventures and Grotech Ventures, in backing Cloud Elements.

Cloud Elements will use capital from this round to continue its growth trajectory by bringing new integrated digital payment experiences to market.

“Enterprises are increasingly leveraging cloud-based services through API connections to help them run their operations,” said Lindsay Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Amex Ventures. “Cloud Elements helps companies simplify the process of managing their growing number of API connections with its unique ‘one-to-many’ approach to integration.  We are pleased to help support Cloud Elements in its future growth as it explores how this technology can enable new payments capabilities in the B2B space.”

"Modern business has come to rely on API-based integration to deliver new product experiences and drive efficiencies in their day to day operations,” said Mark Geene, co-founder and CEO of Cloud Elements. "This new investment helps fuel the next stage of our growth in the fast growing cloud integration market, and recognizes our leadership role as the only integration platform designed for software providers and digital enterprises.”

About Cloud Elements
Cloud Elements is a leading API integration platform, serving the world’s largest ISVs and digital enterprises. Our Elements – feature rich app connectors – integrate your product to the ecosystem of applications that your customers and partners rely on every day. Underneath our catalog of more than 150 Elements, you’ll find an entire platform to go beyond just connecting, and instead truly integrate and synchronize data between applications. Founded in 2012, Cloud Elements is the fastest growing integration vendor of all time. Cloud Elements is headquartered in Denver, CO, and serves customers worldwide. More information can be found at www.cloud-elements.com.

Media Contact:
Hannah Shain
Director of Marketing, Cloud Elements
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