【印度】客户服务联络中心解决方案提供商Ameyo获得500万美元A轮融资
导语:这家总部位于印度班加罗尔的公司这笔融资拓展美国市场业务,并开发新产品。
Ameyo, 是一家总部位于印度班加罗尔的公司,他们提供多渠道客户服务和联络中心解决方案。近日,该公司宣布获得500万美元A轮融资,投资方是一家名叫Forum Synergies的私募公司。
该公司将使用该笔融资扩展美国市场业务,同时在联络中心和销售加速技术领域内开发新产品。
Drishti是Ameyo的母公司,随着这笔融资的完成,Forum Synergies私募公司联合创始人、兼首席执行官、总经理Samir Inamdar将会加入到Drishti公司董事会。
“呼叫联络中心正在进行快速转型,它不仅对企业核心业务营销巨大,同时也在向云端发展。如今,全世界的呼叫中心市场价值已经超过了30亿。电话销售团队和内部销售团队都在采用全新的销售加速技术,该领域预计规模可达到120亿美元,而且增长速度惊人。Ameyo公司获得的这笔投资,就是希望能够在这些市场领域里能够挖掘更多机会,”Bishal Kumar说道,他是Drishti公司首席执行官。
Drishti公司成立于2003年,创始人包括Bishal Kumar, Sachin Bhatia,以及Nayan Jain,他们都是印度理工大学古瓦哈蒂分校的同学。依靠其子公司Ameyo,Drishti公司为全球超过四十个国家的1500多名客户提供服务,这些客户中不乏业界巨头,比如 Ola Cabs, Jabong, Bankbazaar, TinyOwl, Mphasis, WNS, 约旦Ahli银行, 以及美国大通银行。
此外,该公司开发的TexoCC呼叫服务产品,该产品主要定位中等规模的呼叫联络中心和内部销售团队。
Contact centre solutions firm Ameyo grabs US$5M Series A
Ameyo, a Bangalore-based company providing omnichannel customer and contact centre solutions, has raised around US$5 million in Series A funding from city-based private equity firm, Forum Synergies.
The funds will be used to expand to the US, as well as to add new products in the contact centre and sales acceleration technology space.
As part of the funding, Samir Inamdar, Co-founder, MD and CEO of Forum Synergies, will join the Board of Drishti, parent of Ameyo.
“Contact Centres are undergoing rapid transformation both in terms of impact to the core business and movement to cloud. This represents a US$3 billion global opportunity. Telesales and inside sales teams are adapting sales acceleration technology which is a US$12 billion opportunity and growing very fast. This fresh funding will catalyse our larger participation in both of these fantastic market opportunities,” said Bishal Kumar, CEO of Drishti.
Drishti was founded in 2003 by Bishal Kumar, Sachin Bhatia and Nayan Jain — all classmates from IIT Guwahati. With Ameyo, Drishti serves over 1,500 customers in over 40 countries, including Ola Cabs, Jabong, Bankbazaar, TinyOwl, Mphasis, WNS, Jordan Ahli Bank, and Chase Bank.
The firm also offers TexoCC targetting mid-sized contact centres and inside sales teams.
来源:e27
大数据分析公司Axtria获得3000万美元C轮融资,Helion领投
大数据分析公司Axtria已经宣布获得3000万美元C轮融资,领投方为Helion Venture Partners,该风投的投资金额占到了一半之多,为1500万美元。其他参与本来融资的包括硅谷知名风投家‘Desh’Deshpande,Amar Sawheny,Rick Braddock,以及Fred Khosravi。
Axtria为企业提供顾问,外包,以及技术解决方案,帮助他们更好地做出以数据驱动为基础的决策,优化企业内部销售、市场营销、以及风险管理运营。
此外,这笔资金还将会用于加快公司招聘速度,构建销售团队,扩大市场营销,开发新产品,以及拓展新市场。Helion风投联合创始人兼高级常务董事Sanjeev Aggarwal将会加入Axtria公司董事会。
进军印度,同时拓展欧洲市场
Axtria成立于2010年,创始人是Jassi Chadha和Navi Chadha,他们开发了很多分析应用程序产品,比如SalesIQ,MarketingIQ,以及RiskIQ。这些应用程序可以嵌入到客户平台里,提供分析,帮助企业作出决策。Axtria所涉及到的主要解决方案领域包括销售运营管理,市场营销运营管理,数据和技术,客户运营管理,以及风险管理。
Axtria公司总部位于美国新泽西州,但是他们在印度的古尔冈设有办事处,目前Axtria公司仍主要服务其60多家美国企业客户,涉足的行业领域包括生命科学,健康医疗,银行金融,零售,消费零售包装,以及高科技垂直行业。
预计在2016年,该公司会继续专注于上述垂直行业,并将业务拓展到欧洲市场。
Axtria secures US$30M in Series C funding led by Helion
Axtria, a Big Data analytics company, has announced US$30 million in Series C funding led by Helion Venture Partners, with an investment of US$15 million.
Silicon Valley venture capitalist ‘Desh’ Deshpande, along with existing investors Amar Sawhney, Rick Braddock and Fred Khosravi, also participated in this round.
The firm provides consulting, outsourcing and technology solutions to help companies make better data-driven decisions in functions like sales, marketing and risk management operations.
The funding will be used to accelerate hiring, build a sales force, increase marketing, develop products and expand markets including new verticals and geographies. Sanjeev Aggarwal, Co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Helion will join the board of the company.
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Expansion to Europe
Founded in 2010, by Jassi Chadha and Navi Chadha, Axtria has developed proprietary analytical applications like SalesIQ, MarketingIQ and RiskIQ. These applications get embedded in customer platforms, delivering insights at the point of decision. The key solutions areas include sales operations management, marketing operations management, data and technology, customer operations management and risk management.
Headquartered in New Jersey with an office in Gurgaon, India, Axtria has been focussing on clients in the US market primarily and claims to be working with more 60 clients in the life sciences, healthcare, banking, financial services, retail, CPG and high-tech verticals.
The company will continue to focus on these industry verticals and is targetting expansion into Europe in 2016.
来源:e27
链接:http://e27.co/axtria-secures-us30m-series-c-funding-led-helion-20150708/