Manny Medina, Gordon Hempton, Andrew Kinzer and Wes Hather, met at the TechStars seed accelerator and started Outreach in 2014. That first year, the company’s recruitment software didn’t hit sales targets and it came within weeks of shutting down. But a sales engine they’d built alongside their original offering proved a winner on its own. It aims to make digital cold-calling easier, helping sales representatives plan the best times to reach out to prospects and track which type of communication works best, whether texts, emails or LinkedIn messages. With over 6,000 customers, including Zoom, S... Read More
Manny Medina, Gordon Hempton, Andrew Kinzer and Wes Hather, met at the TechStars seed accelerator and started Outreach in 2014. That first year, the company’s recruitment software didn’t hit sales targets and it came within weeks of shutting down. But a sales engine they’d built alongside their original offering proved a winner on its own. It aims to make digital cold-calling easier, helping sales representatives plan the best times to reach out to prospects and track which type of communication works best, whether texts, emails or LinkedIn messages. With over 6,000 customers, including Zoom, Siemens, Okta and DocuSign, Outreach has raised a total of $489 million in funding and has attained a $4.4 billion valuation. Read Less