Zelkova Ventures is a venture capital firm committed to helping entrepreneurs build companies. The firm primarily looks to invest in early stage companies, many times pre-revenue. In many instances they provide a company's first outside/institutional capital. They look to take an active role and partner with the  companies they invest in. Along with their capital, Zelkova brings expertise, insight and execution to all of their portfolio companies. Zelkova, although not exclusively, focuses on several key sectors -   Software Services, Internet Technologies, Environmental Technologies and Consumer Products.

Zelkova Ventures

They are passionate about seeing their portfolio companies become successful.

Bantam Group

Techstars is a global platform that provides investment and innovation. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow. Techstars operates four divisions: Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Program supercharges success and Techstars Startup Programs inspire, educate, and connect entrepreneurs. Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in innovative and disruptive companies. Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships help brands create products and services. Techstars' accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,000 companies with a market cap of $8.1 billion.

Techstars

Foundry is a venture capital firm focused on providing early-stage technology investments. The firm was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

Foundry Group

CVP Management is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, early Series A, and early stage investments. It does not invest in life sciences, medical devices and energy production companies as well as businesses that require $5 million to $10 million of upfront capital before validating the concept.  CVP Management seeks to invest in beta, working prototype, and go-to-market stages. It prefers to invest in Information Technology infrastructure with focus on software application, internet, digital media, digital marketing, vertical SAAS, cloud, embedded software, mobile, financial service technologies, and cutting-edge information technology ventures.  CVP Management invests in companies based in the Northeast corridor with a concentration on Boston, New York and Toronto. It typically invests between 0.1 million and $1 million and for Seed and Series A rounds it invests between $1 million and $3.5 million.  CVP Management invests in companies with enterprise value of $5 million. It prefers to have a seat on the company’s board of directors in its portfolio companies.  CVP Management prefers to invest in preferred stock. It began operation on June 1, 1998, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts.

CVP Management

Lead Edge Capital is a $5 billion growth equity firm investing in software, internet, and tech-enabled services businesses globally. The firm has invested in a number of major software and internet companies around the world, including Alibaba Group, Arrive Logistics, Asana, Azul Systems, Bazaarvoice, Benchling, Clearscore, Duo Security, Grafana, GrowthZone, Holistiplan, LeanStaffing, LiveView Technologies, Pacemate, Safesend, Signal Sciences, Tempo, Toast, Wise, and YouSign. Lead Edge has invested in more than 100 companies worldwide and has seen over 60 portfolio companies achieve an exit.   One of the main drivers of Lead Edge’s success is its unique investor base, a group of 700+ executives, entrepreneurs, and dealmakers who have built and run some of the world’s most successful companies. In addition to providing flexible capital, Lead Edge leverages this global advisory group to connect portfolio companies with the customers, partners, talent, and advisors needed to accelerate growth. Lead Edge Capital was founded in 2011 and has offices in New York City and Santa Barbara.

Lead Edge Capital

Converge is a venture capital firm that specializes in pre-seed, seed, Series A, and early-stage B2B technology investments. Converge team is led by seasoned venture capital experts and experienced company builders. Converge invests across the United States, with a particular emphasis on technology hubs such as Boston, New York, Silicon Valley, and Israel.  The company was founded in 2017 and has offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Silicon Valley, California.

Converge

Help Scout

Help Scout offers a helpdesk and customer interaction solution using email and live chat solutions. They enable users to manage E-Mail customer support services through a ticketing system for small and medium businesses. It also provides analytics solutions to improve business decisions and can be integrated with various applications using APIs.

<div>Help Scout is an after-sales service platform that provides a unified communication interface for agents. The platform consists of a shared inbox that integrates client requests across channels (email and chat) and a knowledge base system to empower customers. It also features customer management tools, automated workflows, reporting, and analytics. As of May 2022, the platform had more than 80 integrations in its partner ecosystem. </div>

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Help Scout is a customer support software solution developed by Help Scout, a company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The platform is designed to streamline and enhance customer service operations for businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Help Scout offers a single, unified platform for managing customer interactions across multiple channels, including email, live chat, and knowledge base support.

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 Help Scout is an after-sales service platform that provides a unified communication interface for agents. The platform consists of a shared inbox that integrates client requests across channels (email and chat) and a knowledge base system to empower customers. It also features customer management tools, automated workflows, reporting, and analytics. As of May 2022, the platform had more than 80 integrations in its partner ecosystem. 
 
 
 The platform’s edge is that it offers personalized packages (maximum discount of up to 100%) for not-for-profit organizations that are advocating for human rights, environmental sustainability, and underrepresentation in technology. 
 
 
 It also claimed to improve productivity by more than 50%, with a 30% reduction in support volume via the knowledge base system.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 As of May 2022, the platform served more than 12,000 companies in more than 140 countries, which included Mixmax, okcupid, Trello, honey, Spindrift, and YETI. 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In March 2015, the company raised USD 6 million in a Series A funding round led by Foundry Group. 
 
 
 
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Outreach is a sales intelligence platform that offers a suite of tools to help sales reps improve communication with prospects and close deals. The platform integrates with existing customer relationship management (CRM) platforms and provides sales sequences, personalization tools, and multi-channel communication capabilities. The company is deeply integrated with third-party apps to attract large enterprise customers and claims to have a network of around 1,000 partners. As of June 2021, the platform served more than 4,800 companies, with the majority being mid-market tech companies in North America. It opened its London office in February 2020 to further establish a presence in the European market, which represents around 5% of its customer base. As of June 2021, the company has more than 800 employees globally across Seattle, San Francisco, and new global offices in London and Prague.The platform offers insights on the most effective content channels and the optimal times to contact prospects using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology. Further, managers can track sales rep and team-wide performance paving the way for sales coaching using customer interactions. Outreach’s “Amplify AI suite”, launched in 2018, leverages ML to categorize buyer intent based on responses to email communication. In May 2020, the company announced the beta launch of “Outreach Kaia”, a voice-based AI sales assistant. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16031?industryIds=27">January 2023, </a>Outreach introduced Smart Email Assist, an AI-powered automatic email response generator, to streamline workflows for sales teams. In March 2023, the firm introduced <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17465">multiple new features </a>to improve sales pipeline performance and efficiency, including the Create and Close Dashboard, Create Pipeline Calculator, Buyer Topics and Reactions, Success Plans Methodologies, Deal Grid, and Deal Overview. In May 2024, the company launched <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29898">Smart Account Plans, </a>a new feature in its Sales Execution Platform designed to help sales teams engage, manage, and increase the number of accounts.The company also opted to bolster its product offering by acquiring revenue intelligence platform Canopy.io in October 2021. With this acquisition, Outreach strengthens its sales analytics and forecasting capabilities. Canopy.io will be the foundation of “Outreach Commit,” a new forecasting tool under Outreach’s suite of products.Key customers and partnershipsIn March 2023, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17465?industryIds=27">expanded its partnership with Snowflake, </a>a data platform, to introduce a new offering called “Outreach Data Sharing,” which enables organisations to connect Outreach's datasets with other enterprise data and improve sales cycle.Funding and financialsIn June 2021, the company raised USD 200 million in a Series G funding round, valuing the company at USD 4.4 billion, a significant jump from its USD 1.3 billion valuation in June 2020. The significant jump in valuation may be justified by the company's notable growth over the past 12 months. The funds will be allocated toward expanding into new markets, growing its sales and marketing teams, and platform development.Additionally, in June 2021, the company stated that its annual recurring revenue doubled in Q1 2021 compared to the previous year. In 2020, the company reported a run-rate revenue of USD 100 million.

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 Salesloft offers customer relationship management (CRM) integration, sales cadence, sales pipeline management and analytics reporting. It appeals to sales professionals working across the customer lifecycle. The company has offices in Atlanta, San Francisco, London, Indianapolis, New York City, and Guadalajara, Mexico. In August 2021, it announced growth plans in the European market by opening a data center in Germany and doubling headcount in the market. As of February 2022, the platform served 2,000+ customers and has established a partner ecosystem of 100+ companies. In January 2021, Salesloft reported that its client profile had shifted from mid-market to large enterprises such as Google, LinkedIn, Cisco, and Dell. 
 
 
 Salesloft strengthened its product offering in 2021, launched its &ldquo;Deal Engagement Score,&rdquo; an AI-driven function that can prioritize deals based on more than 30 data elements across its Cadence, Conversations, and Deals product offerings, in March 2021. Furthermore, the company announced Cadence Step Analytics and Pre-Built Cadence Frameworks. Cadence Step Analytics allows the user to gain insights on the most effective approach taken through Cadence. Pre-Built Cadence Frameworks is powered by best practices developed through positive sales interactions and the best-performing sales teams. More recently, in April 2022, the company launched its proprietary forecasting tool &ldquo;Forecast by Salesloft&rdquo;, to support organisations in generating predictable growth. 
 
 
 In February 2022, the company announced the launch of its four tier 
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 Technology Partner Program
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 to provide growth opportunities for its partner ecosystem. Additionally, Salesloft also announced the launch of its Market Development Fund, which aims to support the funding of partner programs and pipeline development and create awareness among the Salesloft ecosystem. In September 2022, the firm unveiled 
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 Salesloft Rhythm
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 , a platform to unify sales workflows to be launched in 2023. The firm claims that a unique aspect of this next generation solution is that the platform will provide an explanation as to why the action is important and what the likely outcome will be. 
 
 
 Salesloft has been active in the M&amp;A space. In July 2021, the company acquired InStereo, a sales strategy consulting firm. The acquisition of InStereo established Salesloft's focus on buyer engagement in sales and marketing campaigns. InStereo initially partnered with Salesloft in 2018 and had completed more than 150 client engagements for companies such as 3M (American multinational conglomerate), Cargill (global food company), and Pegasystems (American software company). In February 2024, the company 
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 acquired Drift,
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 a conversational B2B marketing platform, to improve its customer journey orchestration tools for B2B sales teams.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In August 2022, the firm 
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 partnered with Highspot,
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 a sales coaching platform, to further streamline the client engagement process for sales teams.&nbsp;
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In December 2021, the company raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Vista Equity Partners at a valuation of USD 2.3 billion, to expand beyond North America and particularly in Europe. In January 2021, Salesloft raised USD 100 million in a funding round led by Owl Rock Capital, to expanding its operations globally while investing in new vertical markets, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-driven insights, and product innovation, as well as growing its headcount by more than 30% within the next year. 
 
 
 In August 2022, the firm reported that annual recurring revenue (ARR) surpassed USD 100 million in Q2 2021.
 
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 People.ai began as a revenue intelligence platform but has widened its product to cover marketing and sales. 
 Its 
 artificial intelligence-based (AI-based) sales and marketing solutions offer sales playbooks and recommendations, automated customer relationship management (CRM), and pipeline visibility. In May 2019, the company launched &ldquo;The Wire&rdquo; which offers a real-time feed of recommended actions based on data collected from sales activity on emails, calendars and CRM systems.The platform is well integrated counting over 90 application programming interface (API) integrations with video conferencing and collaboration tools such as Zoom, GSuite, and Slack. 
 
 
 In September 2022, the firm 
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 launched new features
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 1) Engagement Dashboards which contain visualisations that provide insight on buyer/seller engagement and 2) Account Planning with a native Salesforce integration which allows sales teams to operationalize account plans and provide customer insights. In May 2023, the firm 
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 launched AccountGPT,
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 an AI-driven enhancement to its account planning application that leverages generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to automate sections of account plans, including market research, by extracting data from publicly available sources such as company websites and earnings reports.&nbsp;
 
 
 Further, the company claimed to have around 70 patents combined (secured and in progress) for its AI-based intelligent matching of customer data and profiles. The platform claimed its AI system has been trained on 1.1 billion sales activities and over USD 239 billion in closed deals. The company planned to deploy its platform outside of the sales realm and into verticals such as real estate, financial services, and recruitment, which already account for a small share of use cases.
 
 
 In October 2020, the company acquired ClosePlan, a sales intelligence app, to further strengthen its AI sales solution. ClosePlan offers sales playbooks, deal scoring, and account planning solutions. 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In July 2022, the company 
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 partnered with integrated solution provider Oracle,
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 to use AI-powered sales automation tool &quot;Oracle Fusion Sales&quot; to support its sales process.
 
 
 Funding and financials 
 
 
 People.ai raised USD 100 million in a Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of USD 1.1 billion in August 2021. The round was co-led by new investors Akkadian Ventures and Mubadala Capital. The fresh funds are expected to be allocated to product development through investments in its SmartData platform, and to expand into new industry segments and geographies. The company also revealed that its customer base grew 260% over the 12 months preceding the funding, likely leading to its unicorn valuation. 
 
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People.ai

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 Revenue.io (formerly RingDNA) is a sales intelligence platform that offers sales playbooks, multichannel outreach, performance insights, and customer relationship management (CRM) integrations. In addition, the platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to transform conversational data between customers and sales reps into actionable insights on sales rep performance which can be used in building buyer profiles. Revenue.io’s AI-based guided selling features integrate with its sales playbook to create a list of priority leads and then recommends the best way to reach out to a potential buyer.  
 
 
 Revenue.io released its conversation AI solution in November 2019 based on data from more than 130 million sales conversations. This allowed the platform to add sales coaching features to its platform.
 
 
 Guided selling capabilities were introduced in September 2020 and made accessible through its Salesforce CRM integration.
 
 
 The company’s most recent funding round was an October 2018 Series B for USD 30 million led by Goldman Sachs. The funds were allocated for product development and recruitment. Revenue.io’s customers include Hewlett Packard, Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, SAP Concur, Lyft, and Twilio.
 
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Revenue.io

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 Apollo.io (formerly known as ZenProspect) is a sales intelligence and sales workflow automation platform which offers an end-to-end offering featuring a native lead database with over 200 million contacts from over 25 million companies. The platform offers prospect routing,&nbsp; leads scoring, multi-channel campaigns, and analytics capabilities. As of March 2022, Apollo.io had over 1 million total users and around 16,000 paying customers consisting of startups as well as&nbsp; Fortune 500 companies including WeWork, Peloton, and Colliers.
 
 
 Funding and financials 
 
 
 In August 2023, the 
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 raised 
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 USD 100 million in a Series D funding
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 round led by Bain Capital Ventures, bringing the company&rsquo;s post-money valuation to USD 1.6 billion. The funds were expected to drive platform development and workforce expansion, with a goal to double employee count by 2025. It also reported a revenue growth of 9x over the last two years. 
 The company was also a part of the Y Combinator (YC) Winter 2016 batch. Apollo.io generated USD 1 million in annual recurring revenue at YC and was profitable immediately. 
 
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Apollo.io

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Help Scout is a customer support software solution developed by Help Scout, a company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The platform is designed to streamline and enhance customer service operations for businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Help Scout offers a single, unified platform for managing customer interactions across multiple channels, including email, live chat, and knowledge base support.
Key features of Help Scout include a shared inbox for team collaboration, automated workflows for efficient ticket handling, robust reporting and analytics, and a knowledge base for self-service support. The software also integrates with popular business tools like Salesforce, Jira, and Trello, enabling a streamlined workflow across various departments. Help Scout's user-friendly interface ensures a low learning curve for support teams, enabling them to quickly become proficient in using the software and providing efficient customer support.
Help Scout's pricing model is flexible, catering to businesses of various sizes and needs. The platform follows a per-user pricing structure, with plans ranging from USD 20 to USD 60 per month per user, depending on the features and level of support required. Help Scout also offers significant discounts for non-profits, certified public benefit corporations, and startups.
Key customers and partnerships
Help Scout serves over 10,000 businesses in 140 countries, including notable companies such as Basecamp and Grubhub. The platform is particularly well-suited for companies in the ecommerce, software, and technology sectors. Help Scout integrates with numerous third-party applications, including Slack, WordPress, Mailchimp, and Shopify, enhancing its functionality and adaptability to various business needs. These integrations allow businesses to create a more cohesive workflow across different tools and platforms, improving overall operational efficiency.

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 RingCentral is a leading provider of cloud-based unified communications as a service (UCaaS) solutions. The company's flagship product, RingCentral MVP (now rebranded as RingEX), offers a comprehensive suite of communication and collaboration tools including voice calls, video meetings, team messaging, SMS, and fax capabilities. RingCentral's platform is designed to enable businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively across multiple devices and locations. The company utilizes a multi-cloud, multi-network architecture to ensure high availability, with a 99.999% uptime SLA. As of December 2021, RingCentral served customers across various industries including financial services, education, healthcare, and technology. The platform integrates with over 300 popular business applications to streamline workflows. RingCentral's solutions are built on open standards and utilize security measures such as TLS and SRTP encryption to protect customer data. In 2021, RingCentral reported annual revenue of USD 1.6 billion, primarily generated through subscription-based pricing models for its cloud services.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 
 
 
 RingCentral has established partnerships with major telecom providers and technology companies to expand its reach. The company counts organizations like Toyota, Lufthansa, Salesforce, eBay, and the Golden State Warriors among its customers. In 2024, RingCentral introduced RingSense AI, an AI-powered assistant that provides real-time note-taking, conversation insights, and automated message writing and translation capabilities. RingCentral has also developed RingCX, a native AI-first contact center solution that integrates with its unified communications platform. The company's solutions are recognized by industry analysts, with RingCentral receiving leader designations from firms like Gartner, Frost &amp; Sullivan, and IDC MarketScape.
 
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Aircall is a cloud-based phone system and call center software founded in 2014 in Paris, France. The company provides businesses with a virtual call center solution that integrates seamlessly with popular CRM and helpdesk tools. Aircall's platform enables companies to set up professional phone systems quickly, manage calls and contacts efficiently, and analyze call data to improve performance. Key features include auto-attendants, call routing, contact center management, advanced analytics, and integrations with tools like Salesforce, Zendesk, and Slack.
As of 2024, Aircall serves over 13,000 companies worldwide and has offices in New York, Paris, Sydney, Madrid, Berlin, and London. The company's cloud-based solution eliminates the need for complex hardware installations, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes, from small teams to large enterprises. Aircall's platform is designed to be accessible, transparent, and collaborative, allowing for easy management of phone systems across distributed teams.
Aircall offers three main pricing tiers: Essentials, Professional, and Custom. The Essentials plan starts at USD 30 per user per month when billed annually, with a minimum of three users. This plan includes features like unlimited calls in the US and Canada, basic integrations, and call recording. The Professional plan, priced at USD 50 per user per month when billed annually, adds advanced features such as Salesforce integration, call monitoring, and advanced analytics. Custom plans are available for larger organizations with specific needs.
In June 2022, Aircall announced that it had reached USD 100 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), achieving "centaur" status - a term used to describe companies with USD 100 million or more in ARR. This milestone came just one year after Aircall reached unicorn status with a valuation of over USD 1 billion. The company's growth has been fueled by increasing demand for cloud-based communication solutions, particularly as businesses adapt to remote and hybrid work environments.

Aircall

Acquire is a unified customer engagement platform that enables businesses to provide efficient, real-time customer communications across multiple channels. The platform combines several key features including live chat, chatbots, co-browsing, video calls, knowledge base software, and a shared inbox. Acquire aims to help companies deliver personalized, omnichannel experiences that modern customers demand without requiring complex IT infrastructure.
The platform allows businesses to respond to customer queries from a single dashboard, providing a consolidated view of all customer interactions. Acquire's live chat functionality works across devices and browsers to offer on-demand support during business hours. Its no-code chatbot builder allows companies to create custom workflows for handling repetitive queries 24/7. The co-browsing feature enables agents to view and interact with customers' browsers in real-time without requiring any downloads. Acquire also includes built-in knowledge base software to organize self-help resources that can be integrated with live chat.
One of Acquire's key differentiators is its video chat capability, which allows face-to-face customer interactions with one-click initiation and no installation required. The platform also provides analytics to measure customer data and gain deeper insights. Acquire is designed to integrate with existing IT resources and offers over 50 integrations with sales, support, social, and analytics tools.
Key customers and partnerships
The Dufresne Group, a Canadian home furnishing retailer, successfully implemented Acquire's video chat feature to reduce furniture repair costs and improve online customer engagement. When faced with pandemic restrictions, the company expanded its use of Acquire to facilitate virtual furniture sales through video tours and co-browsing, allowing them to pivot their business model without additional investment or training.

Acquire

CloudTalk is a provider of AI-powered calling solutions and call center software for modern businesses. Founded in 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia, the company offers a cloud-based platform that helps sales, customer service, and marketing teams connect with clients more efficiently. CloudTalk's VoIP business calling solution automates workflows and provides managers with built-in analytics to optimize performance and increase calling efficiency. The platform features over 70 features and integrates with leading CRMs and helpdesk tools, centralizing and processing all calling data to allow businesses to customize their customer experience.
CloudTalk's technology includes its own virtual 'phone suite' that integrates with CRMs and support tools, providing key information to customer service and sales teams during calls and enabling easy updates afterward. This capability is estimated to save users 2-3 minutes per call. The company has also built its own infrastructure, giving it better control over voice quality. CloudTalk's recent focus has been on enhancing its AI-powered cloud phone system and contact center solutions, incorporating features such as AI-powered dialers, conversational intelligence, speech recognition, call summarization, automated note-taking, and sentiment analysis.
Key customers and partnerships
CloudTalk reported serving over 4,000 sales and customer-facing teams across more than 100 countries, powering more than 400 million customer conversations. The company primarily attracts small to medium-sized businesses with an average of 10 to 3,000 users, but also counts larger organizations among its clients. Notable customers include Glovo, OYO, Fujitsu, Tier, DHL, and Nokia. CloudTalk's solution is used across various industries, with a particular focus on financial services, where it helps businesses scale their communication capabilities alongside their growing client base.

CloudTalk

Talkdesk is a leading cloud-based contact center software provider founded in 2011. The company offers an end-to-end solution designed to help businesses improve customer experiences and agent productivity. Talkdesk's platform combines enterprise scalability with consumer simplicity, delivering advantages in speed, agility, reliability, and security.
Talkdesk's core offering is the CX Cloud, an AI-powered contact center solution that supports omnichannel interactions across voice, email, chat, SMS, and social media. Key features include intelligent call routing, interactive voice response (IVR), workforce management, quality management, real-time and historical reporting, and integrations with popular CRM systems. The platform leverages artificial intelligence throughout, including for agent assistance, sentiment analysis, and automated quality management.
In 2022, Talkdesk introduced industry-specific solutions called Talkdesk Industry Experience Clouds. These are purpose-built contact center platforms for sectors like retail, financial services, and healthcare. They come pre-configured with industry-specific workflows, AI models, and integrations to accelerate deployment and ROI for companies in those verticals.
Talkdesk places a strong emphasis on ease of use and rapid deployment. The company claims its solutions can be set up in minutes rather than months. The platform is designed to be intuitive for agents, supervisors, and administrators alike. Talkdesk also offers extensive customization options and open APIs for businesses that need to tailor the solution to their specific needs.
Key customers and partnerships
Talkdesk serves customers across various industries, ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. The company states it has "thousands" of customers worldwide, including Fortune 500 enterprises. Talkdesk has over 60 pre-built integrations with platforms like Salesforce, Microsoft Teams, and Zendesk. In July 2022, Talkdesk announced a partnership with Cognizant to bring its Industry Experience Clouds to more enterprises globally and provide implementation support.

Talkdesk

Platforms offering centralized customer interaction and support services via phone, email, live chat, or social media

Platforms that gather feedback from various channels, such as surveys, reviews, and social media,  to gain insights, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to improve customer experiences

Platforms that offer a centralized repository for organizing information, resources, and documentation, allowing users to access relevant self-service resources related to a specific subject or domain

Platforms for managing customer inquiries, complaints, and technical issues by streamlining ticketing, facilitating communication, and tracking request status

Platforms that enable real-time communication between customers and support agents by offering chat interfaces, file-sharing capabilities, and visitor monitoring

Platforms that provide a comprehensive software solution that consolidates various tools and functionalities, including ticketing, case management, knowledge base, live chat, social media management, self-service options, and analytics

AI/ML improves customer service by automating tasks, enhancing response times, and personalized experiences.

Leverages customer data, such as past interactions, purchase history, and preferences, to personalize the experience.

Generative AI automates responses, analyze data, and provide personalized solutions for customer feedback and help-desk.

Supports hybrid working model by providing remote access, collaboration, omnichannel support, self-service options, and analytics.

NLP improves communication and support by analyzing customer inquiries and feedback, enhancing relevance.

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