If you’re an online e-commerce business looking for a growth hack, upstart Namogoo wants you to consider the hidden opportunities in your own website.
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Herzliya, Israel-based Namogoo claims that 15 to 20 percent of all web sessions are “hijacked� with unauthorized product recommendation and pop ups, diverting a customer from one site to a potential competitors. To solve this problem, and help customers gain more retention and thus more revenue, Namogoo has raised a $40 million Series C.
The round, announced today, was led by Oak HC/FT. Participating investors include GreatPoint Ventures, Blumberg Capital, and Hanaco Venture Capital. Total funding for the company is now $69 million, Ìý
While I never heard of this vertical, to date, the startup, founded in 2014, says it has helped clients gain over $575 million in online revenue in H12019, impressively enough.
What It Does
The core of Namogoo is targeting “customer hijacking.â€� For example, if you’re shopping for a certain sneaker brand on a website, you may see an unauthorized advertisement pop up for a competitor brand. Namogoo, citing this as a distraction and loss of potential customers, offers a SaaS layer to help stop potential diversion.Ìý
It has a patented machine learning technology that identifies the ads and blocks them in real time as pages render, “protecting over 500M web sessions weekly for top online retailers.â€� In addition, it offers visibility in real-time into the third-party services running on their site. In fact, the company claims it can instantly lift client’s conversation rate by 2 to 5 percent.Ìý
Currently, it offers a free “â€� option.Ìý
A sure fire way to save money in-house seems like a lucrative, easy-to-sell option to e-commerce businesses.Ìý
Right now, Namogoo is used by more than 150 global brands in over 38 countries, including Tumi, Asics, Argos, Dollar Shave Club, Tailored Brands, Upwork, and others.Ìý
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