Seven years after its last round of funding, Clickability Inc. says Monday that it has obtained a Series C of $8 million, bringing the total raised since the Web content management firm was founded in April of 1999 to $15.6 million.

The San Francisco firm makes a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, platform that is used by publishers and other organizations to create and manage content on the Web. Clickability boasts an impressive list of customers, including The Wall Street Journal, CNN Interactive, The Philadelphia Inquirer's Philly.com, Cisco Systems Inc. and financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

Shasta Ventures led the current round, and its managing director Ravi Mohan is taking a seat on Clickability's board of directors. Convergence Partners, which financed the company's $6 million Series B in 2001, also participated. The company's Series A was a $1.6 million round in 2000 with investments from Ziff Davis Publishing veteran Jim Stafford and other angel investors. The company plans to use the new infusion to extend its offerings and expand its operations globally.

WATCH EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GIRARD:

In our exclusive video interview, Clickability CEO John Girard talks about the latest funding round -- and about how the company not only survived the dot-com slump but thrived through it. A born entrepreneur, Girard begat three companies before he was 16, two software companies and a soccer camp for kids. But, he jokes, he hasn't had any big exits. Yet. - Mary Kathleen Flynn 

See June 2006 post from Tech Confidential