SurveyMonkey, a US-based provider of online questionnaires, has seen its early investors sell $444m at a valuation of $1.35bn to a consortium including search engine provider Google.
David Goldberg, chief executive of SurveyMonkey, and hedge fund Tiger Global Management co-led the transaction, which also included venture capital firms Iconiq Capital (which manages money on behalf of social network Facebook’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg), Social+Capital Partnership (founded by ex-Facebook vice-president Chamath Palihapitiya) and Laurel Crown Partners (investment arm of the Louis Berkman…
