DocuSign Raises $47.5 Million D Round

DocuSign, which claims to be the global standard for legally binding, secure electronic-signatures, has raised a $47.5 million D round led by Kleiner Perkins, an investment that will put Kleiner partner Mary Meeker, once Wall Street's leading Internet analyst, on its board.

The widgetry is accessible from any Internet-connected device and is supposed to support virtually any document and form type. It provides broad user authentication options, data collection, secure document and data storage and retrieval as then as real-time negotiation and collaboration tools.

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