Stealth customer retention startup , co-founded by Autopilot CMO , has raised over $8M in a new round of funding, according .
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The company was founded in March of 2018 and currently has six employees listed on its . Brightback its CTO, Dani Pletter, in July of this year.
The Deal
According to the filing, the company raised $8.45 million in cash and the proceeds from converting an unspecified number of SAFE securities. 32 investors participated in the deal, though the identities of those investors can���t be derived from the filing.
The first committed capital came in on September 4th. The document is dated September 19th, despite getting posted today. The round is fully-closed, with $0 left to raise.
Who���s Involved
According to the filing, here���s who���s on the company���s board:
- Guy Marion, the company���s co-founder and CEO. Marion previously served as the CMO of email marketing service , among other prior roles.
- , a partner at of Index Ventures.
- , a tech executive who currently holds board seats at , , and , among others, according to his LinkedIn .
Marion was an entrepreneur in residence at for six months prior to starting Brightback, meaning that the firm likely invested in the young startup.
According to a published in May 2018, Brightback celebrated a ���recent funding success��� and previewed the product. It���s unclear whether the transaction filed today includes the funding glancingly referenced in the company���s post from earlier in the summer.
Other individual investors in the company include , General Partner at Rembrandt Ventures, , Vice President at data management platform DataStax, , the former growth lead at Gusto, and , the former COO at Yelp.
What The Company is Building
Per its website, the company is an ���automated customer retention company��� which helps ���subscription-based businesses grow customer lifetime value.”
In a the company, also dated from last May, Marion said his team is ���shining a bright light on the shady world of customer retention and aim to help subscription business everywhere reduce churn, grow lifetime value, and adopt data-driven best practices.���
Beyond that basic information, the company hasn���t released any other details about the product publicly.
蹤獲弝け News reached out to the company, and Brightback CEO Guy Marion declined to comment on the round.��
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