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Selling to Professional Diversity Network? Who to reach and why now

Professional Diversity Network is a listed technology company in Chicago, Illinois. It raised $250K in Oct 2026 and its filings name 10 officers. Everything below links to the record it came from.

Listed company · Technology · Illinois

For sellersWhy Professional Diversity Network is worth a call this quarterBuy Window: open · new funding Oct 2026
$250K

New budget

Equity raise reported to the SEC, Oct 2026.

Capital
Oct 2026Oct 2026

Corporate event

Signed a material agreement

Corporate event
Oct 16Oct 2026

New leadership

Officer or director change

New leadership
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WhenWhat happenedKindSource
Oct 16, 2026Raised $250K in equity from 3 investorsCapitalSEC filing
Oct 16, 2026Signed a material agreementCorporate eventSEC filing
Oct 16, 2026Officer or director changeNew leadershipSEC filing
Oct 1, 2026Officer or director changeNew leadershipSEC filing
Sep 30, 2026Signed a material agreementCorporate eventSEC filing
Aug 12, 2026Signed a material agreementCorporate eventSEC filing
Jul 2, 2026Signed a material agreementCorporate eventSEC filing
Jun 26, 2026Filed to go publicCapitalSEC filing

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RoleContactSourceWhy they matter now
Executive OfficerYiran GuSEC filing, Oct 2026Named officer in the filing; part of the buying group
Executive OfficerXun WuSEC filing, Dec 2025Named officer in the filing; part of the buying group
Chief Technology OfficerZhang HaoSEC filing, Oct 2026Technology and tooling decisions
Chief Technology OfficerWai Kee CheungSEC filing, Oct 2026Technology and tooling decisions
Chief Technology OfficerHaixia LuSEC filing, Oct 2026Technology and tooling decisions
Chief Technology OfficerTai SongSEC filing, Oct 2026Technology and tooling decisions
Chief Technology OfficerSze Lok Patrick WongSEC filing, Oct 2026Technology and tooling decisions
Chief Technology OfficerShaikh Ali Sultan Al NuaimiSEC filing, Dec 2025Technology and tooling decisions
Chief Technology OfficerLong YiSEC filing, Sep 2025Technology and tooling decisions
Chief Technology OfficerEloisa SultanSEC filing, Sep 2025Technology and tooling decisions
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About Professional Diversity Network

HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, per the filing address
Industry groupOther Technology
OwnershipListed company
Raise history$3.7M (Sep 2025) · $1.6M (Nov 2025) · $1.6M (Nov 2025) · $2.6M (Dec 2025) · $120K (Jan 2026) · $250K (Oct 2026)
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Questions people ask

Did Professional Diversity Network raise funding in 2026?

Yes. Professional Diversity Network reported a $250K equity raise to the SEC on Oct 16, 2026 with 3 investors.

Who runs Professional Diversity Network?

The company's SEC filing, Oct 2026 names Yiran Gu (Executive Officer) among its officers.

Where is Professional Diversity Network headquartered?

Chicago, Illinois, per the address on its SEC filing.

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