Presales Empowerment Operations Company Vivun Raises $35 Million
– Vivun is a company that helps empower presales.
– The company raised $35m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Menlo Ventures with new investors Salesforce Ventures and Atlassian Ventures along with existing backers Accel and Unusual Ventures.
Revenue Team Workspace Company Scratchpad Closes $13 Million
– Scratchpad is a workspace for revenue teams.
– The company raised $13m in Series A funding.
– Craft Ventures led the round and Accel participated.
– David Sacks, founding COO of PayPal, founder/CEO of Yammer and founder/general partner at Craft Ventures, joined the board.
Signal-Based Selling Optimization Company SetSail Closes $26 Million Series A
– SetSail is an AI-powered platform that combines data and behavioral science for driving more revenue per sales rep.
– The company raised $26m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Insight Partners with participation from existing seed investors Wing Venture Capital, Team8 Capital and Operator Collective.
– The company experienced 9X revenue growth in 2020, serving customers like Cisco, Dropbox, and Pendo among others.
Cognigy Secures Funding to Meet Growing Demand for Conversational AI in Asia-Pacific
– Cognigy secured funding from Global Brain, one of Japan’s largest venture capital firms.
– The funding will enable Cognigy to capitalize on its position as a leader in Conversational AI and customer service automation in high-growth markets such as the Asia-Pacific region.
– As customer expectations continue to evolve, Cognigy’s top priority is to equip contact centers with AI-first technology to resolve customer issues at unmatched speed and consistency.
– Its robust Conversational AI platform easily integrates into existing tools to successfully scale support and permeate more channels for customers.
– Built on the premise that Conversational AI could rival the power of customer service agents with the same human-like quality at lower costs, Cognigy aims to catalyze this unique convergence of conversation and processes.