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The company launched in [[Y Combinator (company)|Y Combinator]]’s Summer 2011 class under the name MobileWorks.<ref>{{cite web|title=LeadGenius grabs $6M because hiring an actual sales team is so last season|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/10/08/leadgenius-grabs-6m-because-hiring-an-actual-sales-team-is-so-last-season/?n_play=5436ce91e4b07aa459ae0351|accessdate=15 January 2015 | publisher=VentureBeat}}</ref> It has since raised $6 million in venture funding from investors such as [[Sierra Ventures]], [[Andreessen Horowitz]], [[Alexis Ohanian]], [[Mitch Kapor]], [[Dave McClure]], and [[Sam Altman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=LeadGenius racks up $6 mln|url=https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/leadgenius-racks-up-6-mln/|accessdate=14 January 2015 | publisher = Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sales and marketing startup LeadGenius raises $10M|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/27/leadgenius-series-b/|accessdate=28 July 2016 | publisher = TechCrunch}}</ref> |
The company launched in [[Y Combinator (company)|Y Combinator]]’s Summer 2011 class under the name MobileWorks.<ref>{{cite web|title=LeadGenius grabs $6M because hiring an actual sales team is so last season|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/10/08/leadgenius-grabs-6m-because-hiring-an-actual-sales-team-is-so-last-season/?n_play=5436ce91e4b07aa459ae0351|accessdate=15 January 2015 | publisher=VentureBeat}}</ref> It has since raised $6 million in venture funding from investors such as [[Sierra Ventures]], [[Andreessen Horowitz]], [[Alexis Ohanian]], [[Mitch Kapor]], [[Dave McClure]], and [[Sam Altman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=LeadGenius racks up $6 mln|url=https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/leadgenius-racks-up-6-mln/|accessdate=14 January 2015 | publisher = Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sales and marketing startup LeadGenius raises $10M|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/27/leadgenius-series-b/|accessdate=28 July 2016 | publisher = TechCrunch}}</ref> |
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In 2019 LeadGenius grew to $10.5 million in revenue, up 46% from $7.2 million in 2018. As of 2019 LeadGenius has 60 employees and 250 customers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://getlatka.com/companies/leadgenius|title=How LeadGenius hit $10.5M in Revenue, 250 Customers in 2019|website=LATKA|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> |
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== Competition == |
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| Industry | Sales intelligence, Software as a Service |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | North America Great Britain Australia New Zealand South America India Serbia Philippines |
Key people | Mark Godley(CEO) Prayag Narula(Founder & Chairman) |
Number of employees | 758 |
| Website | www |
LeadGenius is a privately held software as a service, marketing automation, and demand generation startup located in Berkeley, California.[1] The company uses a combination of artificial intelligence and human computation to identify and communicate with targeted sales leads.[2] The company's crawlers comb through websites, business directories, government filings, and credit data to train a machine learning system for business-to-business sales.[3]
LeadGenius is the first crowdsourcing company to set a minimum wage for its workers tied to the cost of living in the country they are working in.[4][5][6]
The company launched in Y Combinator’s Summer 2011 class under the name MobileWorks.[7] It has since raised $6 million in venture funding from investors such as Sierra Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Alexis Ohanian, Mitch Kapor, Dave McClure, and Sam Altman.[8][9]
In 2019 LeadGenius grew to $10.5 million in revenue, up 46% from $7.2 million in 2018. As of 2019 LeadGenius has 60 employees and 250 customers.[10]
Competition
LeadGenius' competitors are sites such as LinkedIn, BoardEx, InsideView, ZoomInfo and Hoovers.
References
- ^ "LeadGenius corporate website". Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "For LeadGenius team, artificial intelligence drives better sales leads". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "7 innovative companies using AI to disrupt their industries. website". Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Crowdsourcing grows up as online workers unite". New Scientist. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Berkeley startup MobileWorks revolutionizes outsourcing". ABC News. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Putting veterans to work". NBC, Bay Area. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "LeadGenius grabs $6M because hiring an actual sales team is so last season". VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "LeadGenius racks up $6 mln". Reuters. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Sales and marketing startup LeadGenius raises $10M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "How LeadGenius hit $10.5M in Revenue, 250 Customers in 2019". LATKA. Retrieved 2020-05-23.