Retail Automation

Maturing
Megatrend

Real Economy
Opportunity

Summary

125

Featured Companies

$13,848M

Total Raised In Trend

8

B10 Portfolio Companies

Hiring and Funding Speed

Slowest

Fastest

Trend Maturity

Early

Growth

Market

Growth

Trend growth is a proprietary composite score based on the speed of hiring and fundraising. Base11 benchmarks trend growth against the growth of other trends analysed through the Base11 platform.

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Retail Automation

10/1608/1706/1804/1902/2012/2010/2108/22

Month Of

Yearly Financing

The total amount raised by companies in the trend by year.

$2,000M$4,000M$6,000M'19'20'21'22

Funding by Segment

Sales23%
Contact Center21%
Retail - Messaging & Chat14%
Support Automation12%
Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement10%
Customer Success7%
Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform7%
Agent Training & Analytics5%

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Agent Training & Analytics

Softwares that measures support agent performance and manages training workflows

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

MaestroQA

2013

Series A

$31M

81

New York, United States

Base10 Partners, SaaStr Fund, Eniac Ventures, Foundation Capital, Dorm Room Fund, and 7 others

CallMiner

2002

Other

$179M

364

Waltham, United States

NewSpring, Goldman Sachs, Inflexion Partners, In-Q-Tel, Sigma Partners, and 5 others

Observe.AI

2017

Series C

$214M

260

San Francisco, United States

Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Emergent Ventures, and 13 others

Playvox

2012

Series B

$34M

264

Sunnyvale, United States

Five Elms Capital, Alchemist Accelerator, FCP Emprendimiento e Innovación SP

Klaus

2017

Series A

$19M

73

Tallinn, Estonia

Creandum, Global Founders Capital, Icebreaker.vc, Acton Capital, Kristjan Vilosius, and 1 others

Daisee

2017

Seed

$7M

35

Sydney, Australia

Alium Capital

Enthu.AI

2020

Pre-Seed

-

17

Chandigarh, India

Appit Simple Infotek, Ankit Dudhwewala

Calabrio

1995

Acquired

$20M

693

Minneapolis, United States

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, BlueStream Ventures, Split Rock Partners

Call Journey

2015

Other

-

23

Melbourne, Australia

Andrie Papay, Paul Humphrey

more

Innovation Capital, Ltd.

Tethr

2013

Other

$51M

65

Austin, United States

Grotech Ventures, IAG Capital Partners, Alumni Ventures, MissionOG, Blue Ivy Ventures, and 3 others

i2x

2017

Other

$28M

42

Berlin, Germany

UVC Partners, btov Partners, HV Capital, Plug and Play, Bridge to Growth, and 4 others

zenloop

2016

Series A

$12M

92

Berlin, Germany

Nauta Capital, Signals Venture Capital, Piton Capital

Predictiva

2016

Seed

$8M

32

Málaga, Spain

ENISA, Horizon 2020, Swanlaab Venture Factory, CDTI, Sabadell Venture Capital

Chorus.ai

2015

Acquired

$100M

52

San Francisco, United States

Emergence, Georgian, Redpoint, Sozo Ventures, Gil Dibner

Joulica

2016

Other

-

20

Galway, Ireland

F10

VoiceBase

2010

Acquired

$32M

22

San Francisco, United States

Band of Angels, Ecosystem Ventures

Pickle

2020

Seed

$2M

13

Sandy, United States

Peak Capital Partners, Y Combinator, Panoramic Ventures, Tamarak Capital, Todd Pedersen, and 2 others

RankMiner

2012

Other

-

1

Florida, United States

Gener8tor Management, LLC

Contact Center

Platforms that serve as the central hubs for omnichannel customer interactions

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

Acquire

2018

Series B

$57M

111

San Francisco, United States

Tiger Global Management, Base10 Partners, S28 Capital, Fathom Capital, Quentin Nickmans, and 1 others

JustCall

2016

Other

-

-

Newark, United States

Freshworks

2010

IPO

$484M

6916

San Mateo, United States

Girish Mathrubootham, Shan Krishnasamy, Vijay Shankar

more

Accel, Tiger Global Management, Sequoia Capital India, Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, and 1 others

MessageBird

2011

Series C

$1100M

608

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Accel, Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Eurazeo, Tiger Global Management, and 9 others

Five9

2001

IPO

$114M

2108

San Ramon, United States

Adams Street Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Partech, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp., and 2 others

Gorgias

2015

Series C

$73M

305

San Francisco, United States

Shopify, Sapphire Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Alven, Amplify Partners, and 23 others

Zendesk

2007

Acquired

$86M

7206

San Francisco, United States

CRV, Benchmark, Matrix Partners, Redpoint, Goldman Sachs, and 6 others

Help Scout

2011

Series B

$28M

217

Boston, United States

Lead Edge Capital, Foundry Group, Converge, Zelkova Ventures, Bantam Group, and 16 others

CloudTalk

2018

Series A

$9M

214

Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

Presto Ventures, henQ, Point Nine

Bright Pattern

2010

Series A

$10M

81

South San Francisco, United States

Erhan Cakmak, Konstantin Kishinsky

more

Cervin

Gladly

2015

Series D

$113M

164

San Francisco, United States

Greylock, New Enterprise Associates, Future Fund, GGV Capital, Glynn Capital Management, and 3 others

Talkdesk

2011

Series D

$497M

1909

San Francisco, United States

Viking Global Investors, Salesforce Ventures, Threshold, Storm Ventures, 500 Global, and 12 others

ujet.cx

2015

Series C

$101M

223

San Francisco, United States

GV, Kleiner Perkins, DCM Ventures, Relay Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, and 4 others

babelforce

2013

Other

-

32

Berlin, Germany

IBB Ventures, EnBW New Ventures

Kustomer

2015

Acquired

$174M

115

New York, United States

Tiger Global Management, Battery Ventures, Coatue, Boldstart Ventures, Canaan Partners, and 8 others

Whelp

2019

Pre-Seed

-

-

New York, United States

Techstars Toronto Accelerator, 500 Global, Starta VC, SparkLabs Accelerator, Techstars

NICE inContact

1997

Acquired

$35M

-

Sandy, United States

Trengo

2017

Series A

$38M

-

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Peak, Insight Partners

Customer Success

Software that improves engagement and reduces churn for existing customers

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

Planhat

2015

Series A

$50M

137

Stockholm, Sweden

Sprints Capital, Elephant

Gainsight

2009

Acquired

$156M

1301

San Francisco, United States

Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cultivation Capital, and 8 others

Whatfix

2014

Series D

$140M

1001

San Jose, United States

Sequoia Capital India, Helion Venture Partners, Stellaris Venture Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund, Eight Roads Ventures India, and 13 others

SurveySparrow

2017

Other

$1M

208

Walnut, United States

Prime Venture Partners

Totango

2010

Series D

$147M

166

Redwood City, United States

Pitango Venture Capital, Benhamou Global Ventures, Great Hill Partners, InterWest Partners, Canvas Ventures, and 2 others

Vitally

2017

Series A

$9M

46

New York, United States

Andreessen Horowitz, 2048 Ventures, Founder Collective, Right Side Capital Management, Zelkova Ventures, and 4 others

Pendo

2013

Series F

$470M

975

Raleigh, United States

Sapphire Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Thoma Bravo, B Capital Group, and 12 others

UserIQ

2014

Other

$10M

6

Atlanta, United States

BIP Capital, Tech Square Ventures, BLH Venture Partners, Accelerant Venture Capital

ChurnZero

2015

Series B

$35M

-

Washington, United States

Grotech Ventures, JMI Equity, Baird Capital, Middleland Capital, Center for Innovative Technology, and 1 others

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

Software that optimizes retail sales channels through automated personalization and AB testing

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

Yotpo

2011

Corporate Round

$436M

865

New York, United States

Bessemer Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital, Shopify, Tiger Global Management, Access Industries, and 17 others

Bloomreach

2009

Series F

$452M

191

Mountain View, United States

JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, New Enterprise Associates, Sixth Street Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and 5 others

RevLifter

2017

Other

$12M

59

London, United Kingdom

Maven Capital Partners, Gresham House Ventures, Coutts, North East Development Capital Fund

personali

2011

Acquired

$15M

20

New York, United States

Norwest Venture Partners, Cedar Fund

Octane AI

2016

Other

$11M

25

San Francisco, United States

General Catalyst, Bullpen Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Boost VC, FJ Labs, and 8 others

Qubit

2010

Acquired

$75M

19

London, United Kingdom

Accel, Balderton Capital, Future Fifty, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, Salesforce Ventures, and 4 others

Blueprint

2019

Seed

$1M

14

London, United Kingdom

MAHR Projects, Founders Factory, Hambro Perks Ltd., TrueSight Ventures, Serge Chiaramonte

Automat

2016

Acquired

$11M

5

Montréal, Canada

Relay Ventures, Brandtech Ventures, USAA, Real Ventures, Slack Fund, and 3 others

Retail - Messaging & Chat

Services that enable messaging and chat as channels for customer engagement

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

ManyChat

2015

Series A

$23M

207

San Francisco, United States

500 Global, Bessemer Venture Partners, Skywell Capital Partners, Flint Capital, Anton Anohin

Attentive

2016

Series E

$863M

-

New York, United States

Sequoia Capital, Eniac Ventures, Coatue, IVP, NextView Ventures, and 15 others

Klaviyo

2012

Corporate Round

$779M

1645

Boston, United States

Accel, Shopify, Sands Capital Ventures, Summit Partners, Astral Capital, and 11 others

SMSBump

2017

Acquired

-

76

Cambridge, United States

Eleven Ventures

Omnisend

2014

Other

-

171

London, United Kingdom

Postscript

2018

Series C

$106M

190

San Francisco, United States

Y Combinator, 1984 Ventures, Greylock, 01 Advisors, Accomplice, and 16 others

LiveRecover

2018

Acquired

-

9

Austin, United States

Voyage Mobile, Inc.

Via

2019

Series B

$20M

126

San Jose, United States

Peterson Ventures, Footwork, Soma Capital, Worklife, Blue Startups, and 5 others

Emotive

2018

Series B

$78M

153

Los Angeles, United States

CRV, Mucker Capital, Floodgate, Stripes, Bonfire Ventures, and 7 others

Voyage SMS

2018

Other

$10M

32

Los Angeles, United States

York IE, Guild Capital, RiverPark Ventures, James Beshara, Guillaume Glaunès, and 2 others

Tone

2017

Acquired

$4M

7

Cambridge, United States

Bling Capital, Day One Ventures, One Way Ventures, TIA Ventures, Walnut Venture Associates, and 4 others

Chatitive

2016

Acquired

$1M

3

Seattle, United States

Unlock Venture Partners

Radiance Labs

2017

Pre-Seed

-

-

San Mateo, United States

Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates

Snaps

2010

Acquired

$11M

-

New York, United States

Signal Peak Ventures, Charge Ventures, Social Starts, Digital Capital Advisors, Michael Kassan, and 9 others

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

Software and Services that manage customer experience and engagement after a purchase decision has been made

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

Malomo

2018

Seed

$8M

38

Indianapolis, United States

Base10 Partners, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Harlem Capital Partners, High Alpha, IrishAngels, and 7 others

AfterShip

2012

Series B

$69M

229

Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

Tiger Global Management, 10Fund, GL Ventures, IDG-Accel China Growth Fund, Business Switch Pty Ltd

ROKT

2012

Series E

$487M

442

New York, United States

Tiger Global Management, Square Peg Capital, TDM Growth Partners, Wellington Management, Pavilion Capital, and 6 others

Happy Returns

2015

Acquired

$25M

105

Santa Monica, United States

Upfront Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, PayPal Ventures, Maveron, Lowercase Capital, and 3 others

Loop Returns

2017

Series B

$75M

182

Columbus, United States

Brandon Schmidt, Chris Pinchot, Chris Pinchot

more

CRV, FirstMark, Shopify, Ridge Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and 3 others

Sendcloud

2012

Series C

$201M

473

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

henQ, BOM, SoftBank Vision Fund, Bonsai Partners, TIIN Capital, and 5 others

LoyaltyLion

2012

Series A

$7M

105

London, United Kingdom

Kennet Partners, EC1 Capital, Walking Ventures, Downing Ventures, Tim Jackson, and 5 others

Extend

2019

Series C

$320M

410

San Francisco, United States

GreatPoint Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Meritech Capital Partners, PayPal Ventures, Lightbank, and 14 others

parcelLab Inc.

2015

Series C

$112M

200

Boston, United States

Capnamic Ventures, Insight Partners, SAP.iO, coparion, SpeedUP! Europe, and 6 others

Smile.io

2012

Seed

$1M

69

Kitchener, Canada

OMERS Ventures, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

8returns

2020

Other

-

8

Berlin, Germany

JVH Ventures GmbH

Clyde

2017

Series B

$42M

78

New York, United States

Red Sea Ventures, Headline, Spark Capital, Correlation Ventures, Crosslink Capital, and 14 others

Formation

2015

Acquired

$30M

60

San Francisco, United States

BCG Digital Ventures, Starbucks Corporation

Mulberry Technology

2018

Series B

$35M

57

New York, United States

Commerce Ventures, Quiet Capital, Pace Capital, Foundation Capital, Founder Collective, and 9 others

Returnly

2014

Acquired

$30M

36

San Francisco, United States

Craft Ventures, Alma Mundi Ventures, Index Ventures, TheVentureCity, FJ Labs, and 11 others

Rise.ai

2015

Acquired

-

22

Tel Aviv, Israel

Peregrine Ventures

CartHook

2015

Seed

$2M

1

Portland, United States

Starve Ups

Sales

Software that automates and manages stages of the sales cycle

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

Chili Piper

2016

Series B

$54M

315

New York, United States

Tiger Global Management, Base10 Partners, Flashpoint, Nicolas Moreau, Lighter Capital, and 3 others

6sense

2013

Series E

$426M

1283

San Francisco, United States

Insight Partners, Blue Owl, Battery Ventures, Industry Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and 14 others

Gong

2015

Series E

$583M

1521

San Francisco, United States

Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Coatue, Battery Ventures, Cisco Investments, and 9 others

Calendly

2013

Series B

$351M

620

Atlanta, United States

Atlanta Ventures, OpenView, ICONIQ Capital

Apollo.io

2015

Series C

$151M

307

San Francisco, United States

Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Tribe Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Struck Capital, and 7 others

Salesloft

2011

Acquired

$246M

1055

Atlanta, United States

Insight Partners, Emergence, Owl Rock Capital, LinkedIn, Bossanova Investimentos, and 10 others

Walnut

2020

Series B

$56M

107

New York, United States

NFX, Felicis Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, A.Capital Ventures, Graph Ventures, and 19 others

CaptivateIQ

2017

Series C

$165M

352

San Francisco, United States

Conway Teng, Hubert Wong, Mark Schopmeyer

more

Sequoia Capital, Accel, Y Combinator, Amity Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, and 11 others

Vivun

2018

Series C

$131M

166

Oakland, United States

Accel, Menlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and 2 others

Pipedrive

2010

Acquired

$90M

1051

New York, United States

Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Atomico, Rembrandt Venture Partners, DTCP, and 15 others

Outreach

2014

Series G

$489M

1482

Seattle, United States

DFJ Growth, Trinity Ventures, Sands Capital Ventures, Lone Pine Capital, Spark Capital, and 32 others

Drift

2015

Acquired

$107M

681

Boston, United States

Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, CRV, Chang Corporation, HubSpot, and 10 others

Groove

2014

Series B

$61M

197

San Francisco, United States

Alchemist Accelerator, Viking Global Investors, Level Equity Management, Uncork Capital, Capital One Ventures, and 1 others

Clearbit

2014

Series A

$17M

200

San Francisco, United States

Alex MacCaw, Harlow at Clearbit, Rob Holland

more

First Round Capital, Zetta Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, BoxGroup, Naval Ravikant, and 12 others

Slintel

2016

Acquired

$26M

191

Mountain View, United States

Accel, Stellaris Venture Partners, GGV Capital, GSF, Sequoia Capital India, and 3 others

Zomentum

2018

Series A

$17M

108

San Francisco, United States

Accel, Elevation Capital, SAIF Partners, Eight Roads Ventures

Proton.ai

2018

Series A

$20M

63

Allston, United States

Felicis Ventures, Battery Ventures, J Ventures, Abstract Ventures, MSC Industrial Direct, and 7 others

Spiro.AI

2014

Seed

$7M

38

Boston, United States

Geekdom Fund, Zelkova Ventures, MassVentures, Hyperplane Venture Capital, Plug and Play, and 5 others

Drips.com

2014

Other

-

109

Akron, United States

Accel-KKR, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Wells Fargo Capital Finance

Yesware

2010

Acquired

$47M

85

Boston, United States

Battery Ventures, Foundry Group, Ridge Ventures, GV, Techstars Ventures, and 4 others

Dooly

2016

Series B

$102M

81

Vancouver, Canada

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Addition, Boldstart Ventures, Spark Capital, ScaleUP Ventures, and 17 others

Demodesk

2018

Seed

$11M

48

Munich, Germany

Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Balderton Capital, Target Global, Kleiner Perkins, and 7 others

Autopilot

2012

Other

$34M

19

Sydney, Australia

Rembrandt Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Draper Associates, and 4 others

Support Automation

Software that automates support interactions and improves agent performance

Company

Founded

Stage

Raised

Employees (est)

HQ Location

Founder

Investors

Shelf

2015

Series B

$61M

175

Stamford, United States

SeedInvest, Tiger Global Management, Insight Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Base10 Partners, and 5 others

Yellow.ai

2016

Series C

$102M

1057

San Mateo, United States

Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, WestBridge Capital, Lightspeed India Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and 1 others

Ultimate

2017

Series A

$27M

179

Berlin, Germany

Maki.vc, HV Capital, European Innovation Council, OMERS Ventures, Felicis Ventures, and 2 others

Cresta

2017

Series C

$151M

218

San Francisco, United States

Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Tiger Global Management, JP Morgan Chase, and 10 others

ASAPP

2014

Series C

$380M

428

New York, United States

Fidelity Management and Research Company, Dragoneer Investment Group, HOF Capital, Emergence, Telstra Ventures, and 11 others

Ada

2016

Series C

$191M

523

Toronto, Canada

Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark, Spark Capital, RFI, and 12 others

Netomi

2015

Series B

$52M

190

San Francisco, United States

Y Combinator, Index Ventures, Fin Capital, BoxGroup, Salesforce Ventures, and 20 others

Forethought

2017

Series C

$92M

168

San Francisco, United States

New Enterprise Associates, K9 Ventures, Steadfast Financial, Village Global, 8VC, and 36 others

Guru

2013

Series C

$71M

275

Philadelphia, United States

Mitchell Stewart, Rick Nucci

more

FirstMark, Emergence, Accel, Thrive Capital, Salesforce Ventures, and 2 others

Capacity

2017

Series C

$62M

109

Saint Louis, United States

Rice Park Capital Management, Equity.com, David Karandish

Zoomin Software

2015

Series C

$73M

166

New York, United States

Bessemer Venture Partners, General Atlantic, Salesforce Ventures, Viola Growth

Hubtype

2016

Seed

$2M

42

Barcelona, Spain

K Fund, Ed Freyfogle

Dixa

2015

Series C

$158M

198

Copenhagen, Denmark

Project A Ventures, Seed Capital, General Atlantic, Notion Capital, Preben Damgaard, and 2 others

Verloop.io

2016

Series A

$8M

117

Bangalore, India

ADQ, Anand Chandrasekaran, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Mohandas Pai, Growth Story, and 4 others

Balto

2017

Series B

$52M

140

St Louis, United States

Chris Kontes, Davidson Girard, Marc Bernstein

more

Stage Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures, Stripes, Arch Grants, OCA Ventures, and 10 others

Moxie

2006

Acquired

$35M

41

San Bruno, United States

Foundation Capital, Oak Investment Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Powershift Group

GetJenny

2016

Seed

$2M

8

Helsinki, Finland

Dubai Angel Investors, May Nasrallah, Business Finland, Nestholma, Barclays Accelerator, Powered by Techstars - Tel Aviv, and 2 others

Replicant

2017

Series B

$113M

-

San Francisco, United States

Norwest Venture Partners, Stripes, Atomic, Alumni Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and 5 others

Financing

Top Investors

Investor

Companies Backed

Rounds Participated In

Rounds Led

Companies

Tiger Global Management

18

37

14.0

Acquire, Chili Piper, Shelf, Freshworks, ROKT, Vivun, AfterShip, 6sense, Outreach, Gong, Ada, Attentive, MessageBird, Cresta, Yotpo, Pendo, Kustomer, Dooly

Salesforce Ventures

15

34

6.0

Vivun, 6sense, Outreach, Gong, Yellow.ai, Guru, Netomi, Gainsight, Pendo, Talkdesk, Bloomreach, Autopilot, Qubit, Replicant, Zoomin Software

Accel

10

42

22.0

Klaviyo, Freshworks, Vivun, Ada, Guru, MessageBird, CaptivateIQ, Zomentum, Slintel, Qubit

Battery Ventures

10

39

10.0

6sense, Gong, Clearbit, Yesware, Gainsight, Proton.ai, Pendo, Bloomreach, Kustomer, Dooly

Sapphire Ventures

10

25

8.0

6sense, Outreach, Yellow.ai, Attentive, Five9, ujet.cx, Gorgias, CaptivateIQ, Pendo, Qubit

Sequoia Capital

7

32

20.0

Apollo.io, Freshworks, Drift, Gong, Attentive, Cresta, CaptivateIQ

Bessemer Venture Partners

7

36

19.0

ManyChat, Ada, Pipedrive, Gainsight, CaptivateIQ, Yotpo, Zoomin Software

Insight Partners

7

18

11.0

Shelf, 6sense, Pipedrive, Salesloft, Gainsight, parcelLab Inc., Trengo

Spark Capital

6

20

10.0

Outreach, Ada, MessageBird, Pendo, Clyde, Dooly

Base10 Partners

6

12

7.0

Acquire, MaestroQA, Chili Piper, Malomo, Shelf, Attentive

SoftBank Vision Fund

5

9

8.0

6sense, Sendcloud, Whatfix, Observe.AI, Extend

CRV

5

21

6.0

Drift, Loop Returns, Gorgias, Zendesk, Emotive

Foundation Capital

5

9

1.0

MaestroQA, CaptivateIQ, Mulberry Technology, Moxie, Radiance Labs

Shopify

4

9

7.0

Klaviyo, Loop Returns, Gorgias, Yotpo

Emergence

4

25

7.0

Guru, ASAPP, Salesloft, Chorus.ai

Recent Rounds

Largest Rounds

Company

Segment

Round Date

Round Size

Round Stage

Investors

Bloomreach

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

10/22

$30M

Debt

JP Morgan Chase

Klaus

Agent Training & Analytics

09/22

$12M

Series A

Acton Capital, Creandum, Global Founders Capital, Icebreaker.vc, Kristjan Vilosius

Gorgias

Contact Center

08/22

$30M

Series C

Shopify, Transpose Platform Management, Ischyros New York, Alven, CRV, and 2 others

Klaviyo

Retail - Messaging & Chat

08/22

$100M

Corporate Round

Shopify

i2x

Agent Training & Analytics

07/22

$11M

Other

UVC Partners, Bridge to Growth, btov Partners, HV Capital, Discovery Ventures, and 2 others

Gong

Sales

07/22

$0M

Secondary

CallMiner

Agent Training & Analytics

06/22

$20M

Other

Postscript

Retail - Messaging & Chat

06/22

$65M

Series C

01 Advisors, Twilio, Greylock, Elephant, m]x[v Capital, and 4 others

Outreach

Sales

06/22

$0M

Secondary

Investlink Holdings

Vivun

Sales

05/22

$75M

Series C

Salesforce Ventures, Accel, Tiger Global Management, Menlo Ventures, Unusual Ventures

Replicant

Support Automation

04/22

$78M

Series B

Stripes, Alumni Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Atomic, and 2 others

Planhat

Customer Success

04/22

$50M

Series A

Sprints Capital, Elephant

Observe.AI

Agent Training & Analytics

04/22

$125M

Series C

SoftBank Vision Fund, Zoom, Nexus Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, NGP Capital, and 4 others

RevLifter

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

03/22

$4M

Other

Gresham House Ventures, North East Development Capital Fund

Cresta

Support Automation

03/22

$80M

Series C

Tiger Global Management, Andreessen Horowitz, JP Morgan Chase, Sequoia Capital, Zoom, and 5 others

Pipedrive

Sales

03/22

$0M

Other

Ischyros New York

Apollo.io

Sales

03/22

$110M

Series C

Sequoia Capital, Tribe Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, NewView Capital

Emotive

Retail - Messaging & Chat

03/22

$20M

Series B

Stripes, CRV, Mucker Capital, RPS Ventures

Bloomreach

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

02/22

$175M

Series F

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Bain Capital Ventures, Sixth Street Partners

Voyage SMS

Retail - Messaging & Chat

02/22

$10M

Other

York IE, RiverPark Ventures, James Beshara, Patrick Falle, Vin McCauley

CaptivateIQ

Sales

01/22

$100M

Series C

Sequoia Capital, Accel, ICONIQ Growth, Y Combinator, Sapphire Ventures, and 7 others

Pickle

Agent Training & Analytics

01/22

$2M

Seed

Peak Capital Partners, Y Combinator, Panoramic Ventures, Tamarak Capital, Todd Pedersen, and 1 others

6sense

Sales

01/22

$200M

Series E

Blue Owl, MSD Partners, Tiger Global Management, Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and 5 others

Capacity

Support Automation

01/22

$27M

Series C

Walnut

Sales

01/22

$35M

Series B

Felicis Ventures, NFX, A.Capital Ventures, Ariel Cohen, Frederic Kerrest, and 9 others

Proton.ai

Sales

01/22

$20M

Series A

Felicis Ventures, Battery Ventures, J Ventures, Abstract Ventures, MSC Industrial Direct, and 7 others

ROKT

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

12/21

$325M

Series E

Tiger Global Management, Wellington Management, Pavilion Capital, Whale Rock Capital Management, Square Peg Capital

Forethought

Support Automation

12/21

$65M

Series C

Steadfast Financial, Collaborative Fund, Cleo Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Frontline Ventures, and 14 others

UserIQ

Customer Success

12/21

$2M

Other

Tethr

Agent Training & Analytics

12/21

$15M

Other

IAG Capital Partners, Kline Hill Partners, Falmouth Ventures

Netomi

Support Automation

11/21

$30M

Series B

Fin Capital, WndrCo, Eldridge, Indicator Ventures

Voyage SMS

Retail - Messaging & Chat

11/21

$0M

Seed

York IE, Guillaume Glaunès

Pendo

Customer Success

11/21

$110M

Secondary

Thoma Bravo

Outreach

Sales

11/21

$0M

Secondary

Raison Asset Management

Apollo.io

Sales

11/21

$32M

Series B

Tribe Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, NewView Capital, Sand Hill Angels

Clyde

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

10/21

$25M

Series B

Headline, Crosslink Capital, Vulcan, Spark Capital

Drips.com

Sales

10/21

$0M

Other

BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners

Groove

Sales

10/21

$45M

Series B

Viking Global Investors, Uncork Capital, Level Equity Management, Capital One Ventures, Quest Venture Partners

Mulberry Technology

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

10/21

$22M

Series B

Commerce Ventures, Quiet Capital, Kube VC, CreditEase, G20 Ventures, and 2 others

Via

Retail - Messaging & Chat

10/21

$0M

Series B

Peterson Ventures

Totango

Customer Success

09/21

$100M

Series D

Great Hill Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, Benhamou Global Ventures, Canvas Ventures

MaestroQA

Agent Training & Analytics

09/21

$25M

Series A

Base10 Partners, Tokyo Black, Itai Tsiddon, SaaStr Fund, Talkdesk Ventures

Sendcloud

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

09/21

$177M

Series C

SoftBank Vision Fund, L Catterton, HPE Growth

Yotpo

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

09/21

$30M

Corporate Round

Shopify

Calabrio

Agent Training & Analytics

09/21

$11M

Other

Trengo

Contact Center

09/21

$36M

Series A

Insight Partners, Peak

Walnut

Sales

08/21

$15M

Series A

Eight Roads Ventures

Shelf

Support Automation

08/21

$53M

Series B

Tiger Global Management, Insight Partners, Base10 Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Contour Venture Partners, and 2 others

Balto

Support Automation

08/21

$38M

Series B

Stripes, Sierra Ventures, Cultivation Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Stage Venture Partners, and 4 others

Talkdesk

Contact Center

08/21

$230M

Series D

Franklin Templeton Investments, Amity Ventures, Viking Global Investors, Top Tier Capital Partners, Whale Rock Capital Management, and 3 others

Drips.com

Sales

08/21

$0M

Debt

Wells Fargo Capital Finance

Yellow.ai

Support Automation

08/21

$78M

Series C

Sapphire Ventures, WestBridge Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Drips.com

Sales

07/21

$0M

Other

Accel-KKR

Dixa

Support Automation

07/21

$105M

Series C

General Atlantic, Project A Ventures, Seed Capital, Notion Capital

Pendo

Customer Success

07/21

$150M

Series F

B Capital Group, Tiger Global Management, Sapphire Ventures, Battery Ventures, General Atlantic, and 6 others

Loop Returns

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

07/21

$65M

Series B

CRV, Shopify, Ridge Ventures, FirstMark, Lerer Hippeau, and 2 others

Octane AI

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

07/21

$5M

Other

Javelin Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Boost VC, Bullpen Capital

ROKT

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

07/21

$0M

Secondary

Outreach

Sales

07/21

$0M

Secondary

Investlink Holdings

Vitally

Customer Success

06/21

$9M

Series A

Andreessen Horowitz, Techstars, Founder Collective, Zelkova Ventures, Nick Raushenbush

Slintel

Sales

06/21

$20M

Series A

GGV Capital, Accel, Sequoia Capital India, Stellaris Venture Partners

Whatfix

Customer Success

06/21

$90M

Series D

SoftBank Vision Fund, F-Prime Capital, Cisco Investments, Sequoia Capital India, Eight Roads Ventures, and 1 others

Gong

Sales

06/21

$250M

Series E

Franklin Templeton Investments, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Coatue, Salesforce Ventures, and 1 others

Outreach

Sales

06/21

$200M

Series G

PremjiInvest, Steadfast Financial, Steadfast Capital Management, Tiger Global Management, Salesforce Ventures, and 7 others

Via

Retail - Messaging & Chat

05/21

$15M

Series A

Footwork, Worklife, Peterson Ventures, Jack Altman, Ryan Smith, and 1 others

Dooly

Sales

05/21

$80M

Series B

Spark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Lachy Groom, BoxGroup, Addition, and 2 others

ASAPP

Support Automation

05/21

$120M

Series C

Fidelity Management and Research Company, Dragoneer Investment Group, HOF Capital, Emergence, Telstra Ventures, and 7 others

Klaviyo

Retail - Messaging & Chat

05/21

$320M

Series D

Sands Capital Ventures, Accel, Owl Rock Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Summit Partners, and 5 others

Extend

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

05/21

$260M

Series C

SoftBank Vision Fund, PayPal Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, American Express Ventures, Launchpad Capital, and 5 others

Enthu.AI

Agent Training & Analytics

05/21

$0M

Pre-Seed

Appit Simple Infotek, Ankit Dudhwewala

parcelLab Inc.

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

05/21

$112M

Series C

Insight Partners, Capnamic Ventures, Endeit Capital, coparion

Ada

Support Automation

05/21

$130M

Series C

Spark Capital, Accel, Tiger Global Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, Giant Ventures, and 3 others

Chili Piper

Sales

05/21

$0M

Secondary

G Squared

MessageBird

Contact Center

04/21

$800M

Series C

Eurazeo, Accel, Tiger Global Management, BlackRock, Y Combinator, and 8 others

Mulberry Technology

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

04/21

$0M

Series A

Quiet Capital

AfterShip

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

04/21

$66M

Series B

Tiger Global Management, GL Ventures

Chili Piper

Sales

04/21

$33M

Series B

Tiger Global Management, Base10 Partners, Gradient Ventures

CaptivateIQ

Sales

04/21

$48M

Series B

Accel, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, GTMFund, Elad Gil, and 6 others

Malomo

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

04/21

$5M

Seed

Base10 Partners, Harlem Capital Partners, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Jeremy Cai, High Alpha, and 5 others

Whelp

Contact Center

04/21

$0M

Pre-Seed

Techstars Toronto Accelerator, Techstars

Cresta

Support Automation

03/21

$50M

Series B

Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Porsche Ventures, Allen & Company

Zoomin Software

Support Automation

03/21

$52M

Series C

General Atlantic, Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Viola Growth

6sense

Sales

03/21

$125M

Series D

D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global Management, Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures

Attentive

Retail - Messaging & Chat

03/21

$470M

Series E

Coatue, Tiger Global Management, IVP, Base10 Partners, D1 Capital Partners

Pickle

Agent Training & Analytics

03/21

$0M

Pre-Seed

Y Combinator

Acquire

Contact Center

03/21

$45M

Series B

Tiger Global Management

Yotpo

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

03/21

$230M

Series F

Tiger Global Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures, Hanaco Venture Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, and 2 others

ChurnZero

Customer Success

03/21

$25M

Series B

JMI Equity, Grotech Ventures, Baird Capital

Dooly

Sales

03/21

$3M

Seed

Boldstart Ventures, BoxGroup

Postscript

Retail - Messaging & Chat

03/21

$35M

Series B

Greylock, 1984 Ventures, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Larry Fitzgerald, Elephant, and 2 others

Dooly

Sales

03/21

$17M

Series A

Addition, Battery Ventures, BoxGroup, SV Angel, MANTIS Venture Capital, and 7 others

Emotive

Retail - Messaging & Chat

02/21

$50M

Series B

CRV, Stripes, Bonfire Ventures, Vulcan Capital, Mucker Capital, and 1 others

CloudTalk

Contact Center

02/21

$7M

Series A

henQ, Point Nine

Zomentum

Sales

02/21

$13M

Series A

Accel, Elevation Capital, Eight Roads Ventures

Vivun

Sales

02/21

$35M

Series B

Menlo Ventures, Accel, Salesforce Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, Unusual Ventures

LoyaltyLion

Retail - Post Purchase, Upsell, & Re-engagement

02/21

$7M

Series A

Kennet Partners

Help Scout

Contact Center

01/21

$15M

Series B

Lead Edge Capital, Converge

Playvox

Agent Training & Analytics

01/21

$25M

Series B

Five Elms Capital

Calendly

Sales

01/21

$350M

Series B

OpenView, ICONIQ Capital

Bloomreach

Retail - Convsersion & Engagement Platform

01/21

$150M

Series E

Sixth Street Partners