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The sales automation field is increasingly driven by artificial intelligence to make sales processes more efficient. This has led to major investments in companies that are building these new tools.

Established players like Workato have secured funding of $415M, while Apollo.io has raised over $250M. At the same time, new entrants are emerging, with companies like Spara raising $15M in its seed round.

Below is our list of 75 Sales Automation startups worth keeping an eye on.

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Momentum builds a revenue orchestration platform that unifies go-to-market systems and automates sales workflows. The tool captures customer interactions as structured data, allowing revenue teams to trigger real-time actions across their entire GTM stack.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2020
FoundersAshley Wilson, Moiz Virani, Santiago Suarez Ordoñez
Funding Amount$18M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries A
Top InvestorsSouth Park Commons, Inovia Capital, Leadout Capital, Stage 2 Capital, FirstMark

Workato provides an enterprise automation platform for connecting applications and streamlining business workflows. The system is designed to help organizations operate faster and more intelligently without compromising on security or governance.

HeadquartersMountain View, California, United States
Year Founded2013
FoundersAlexey Timanovskiy, Dimitris Kogias, Gautham Viswanathan, Harish Shetty, Vijay Tella
Funding Amount$415M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries E
Top InvestorsNorwest Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Geodesic Capital

Clay builds an automation platform that helps sales teams run their entire outbound motion from a single place. By combining data from over 50 providers, web scraping, and AI, their tool lets teams find the right leads and craft personalized outreach at scale.

HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersKareem Amin, Nicolae Rusan, Varun Anand
Funding Amount$202M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsBoxGroup, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, Meritech Capital Partners

Apollo.io built an end-to-end sales platform that combines a massive B2B contact database with a full suite of engagement tools. Go-to-market teams use the platform to find accurate contact data and automate their outreach to potential customers.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2015
FoundersRay Li, Roy Chung, Tim Zheng
Funding Amount$251.3M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsSequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Tribe Capital, Y Combinator, Bain Capital Ventures

CRED builds an intelligent hub for businesses that combines a company's internal systems with predictive intelligence. The platform uses real-world signals and predictive analytics to help sales and marketing teams identify new opportunities.

HeadquartersLondon, England, United Kingdom
Year Founded2023
FoundersAnthony Meir, Chaitanya Shah, Jon Carr-Harris
Funding Amount$15M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusSeed
Top InvestorsGaingels, Alumni Ventures, Defy.vc, HOF Capital, BAM Ventures

Intercom offers a complete AI customer service platform that redefines how businesses support their customers. The software combines a help desk, AI chatbots, and proactive support tools into one unified system for managing customer interactions.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2011
FoundersCiaran Lee, David Barrett, Des Traynor, Eoghan McCabe
Funding Amount$240.8M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsBessemer Venture Partners, 500 Global, ICONIQ Growth, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins

Spara offers a go-to-market AI platform that automates lead engagement, qualification, and conversion. Their AI agents operate across various channels to help sales teams streamline their pipeline and close more deals.

HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2023
FoundersAlexander Pease, David Walker
Funding Amount$15M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusSeed
Top InvestorsRadical Ventures, FJ Labs, Inspired Capital Partners, XYZ Venture Capital, Remarkable Ventures

Cognigy develops an enterprise conversational AI platform to automate customer and employee support processes. Their software uses generative AI to power intelligent, human-like conversations for both internal and external support needs.

HeadquartersDüsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Year Founded2016
FoundersBenjamin Mayr, Philipp Heltewig, Sascha Poggemann
Funding Amount$169M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsInsight Partners, Global Brain Corporation, DTCP, Eurazeo, Possible Ventures

Aisera builds an Agentic AI platform that automates service management for enterprises. Their technology uses generative AI to resolve requests across departments like IT, HR, and customer service, reducing the need for manual intervention.

HeadquartersSanta Clara, California, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersAbhi Maheshwari, Christos Tryfonas, Muddu Sudhakar
Funding Amount$164.5M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsNorwest Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Goldman Sachs, First Round Capital

Regal provides an AI agent platform that helps B2C brands run outbound sales and marketing campaigns over phone and SMS. Their technology creates personalized customer conversations designed to drive revenue growth.

HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2020
FoundersAlex Levin, Rebecca Greene
Funding Amount$82.1M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsEmergence Capital, Founder Collective, Inspired Capital Partners, Flex Capital, Operator Collective

65 Additional Sales Automation Startups Worth Following

Those top 10 are just the beginning of the story. Altogether, these companies have raised billions to build new tools, with a clear focus on artificial intelligence.

You'll see a mix of young startups and more established players in the full list. Here are the other companies worth watching in the sales automation space.

StartupMain IndustryYear FoundedAmount RaisedLast Funding Round
Hyperbound logo HyperboundAI2023$18.3MSeries A
Pipefy logo PipefyMarketing2013$122.7MSecondary Market
Landbase logo LandbaseAI2023$42.5MSeries A
Simbe Robotics logo Simbe RoboticsAI2014$104MSeries C
PandaDoc logo PandaDocSaaS2011$51.1MSeries C
Demandbase logo DemandbaseMarketing2007$318MDebt Financing
Highspot logo HighspotAI2012$644.9MSecondary Market
Hatch logo HatchMarketing2016$13.7MSeries A
Spekit logo SpekitAI2018$60.6MSeries B
Confido logo ConfidoMedia2019$20MSeries A
throxy logo throxyAI2023$6.2MSeed
Loopio logo LoopioSaaS2014CA$263MPrivate Equity
DealHub.io logo DealHub.ioSaaS2014$84.5MSeries C
Remuner logo RemunerAI2023$8.8MSeed
Showpad logo ShowpadAnalytics2011$159.5MSeries D
Vivun logo VivunAI2018$131MSeries C
Salesloft logo SalesloftSaaS2011$245.7MSeries E
Conquer logo ConquerSaaS2005$26.1MSeries B
Common Room logo Common RoomAI2020$52.9MSeries B
Z.Ai logo Z.AiAI2021₩3BSeries A
Nooks logo NooksAI2020$70MSeries B
Gearset logo GearsetInfrastructure2017$55MPrivate Equity
MoBagel logo MoBagelAI2015$30.5MUndisclosed
Vocca logo VoccaAI2024$5.5MSeed
Vymo logo VymoAnalytics2013$45MSeries C
Kissht logo KisshtFintech2015$142.5MSeries E
MindTickle logo MindTickleEnterprise2011$281.3MSeries E
Numa logo NumaAI2017$44.1MSeries B
SafeBase logo SafeBaseSecurity2020$53.1MSeries B
Blip logo BlipAI1999$230MSeries C
kea logo keaAI2018$30.7MVenture Round
Everstage logo EverstageFintech2020$44.7MSeries B
Cognism logo CognismAnalytics2015$126.7MSeries C
Seismic logo SeismicAnalytics2010$446.5MDebt Financing
Nuvia logo NuviaAI2024R$10MSeed
SquadStack.ai logo SquadStack.aiAI2014$24.6M
respond.io logo respond.ioEnterprise2017$8.8MSeries A
Clodura.AI logo Clodura.AIAI2015$2MSeed
SleekFlow logo SleekFlowAI2019$23.5MSeries A
Surfe logo SurfeMedia2020$4MSeed
Chatlyn logo ChatlynMarketing2022€8MSeries A
Salesken logo SaleskenAI2018$30MSeries B
Salesforge logo SalesforgeEnterprise2023$500kPre-Seed
YaVendio logo YaVendioAI2023$1.1MPre-Seed
Donna logo DonnaAI2023$1.6MPre-Seed
Gmelius logo GmeliusAI2016€2.4MSeed
Cerve logo CerveEnterprise2019€7.3MSeed
Rosetta.ai logo Rosetta.aiAI2018$2.4MSeed
Yunzhangfang logo YunzhangfangFintech2015$244.2MSeries E
Fintalk AI logo Fintalk AIAI2019$3.1MVenture Round
Superface logo SuperfaceAI2020$4.5MSeed
Snovio logo SnovioMedia2017$2.1MInitial Coin Offering
Corner logo CornerAI2020₩800MGrant
Valuecase logo ValuecaseSaaS2021$3.5MPre-Seed
Bemmbo logo BemmboFintech2022$600kPre-Seed
Lative logo LativeEnterprise2022$4.4MSeed
Leadrealizer logo LeadrealizerAI2024€100kPre-Seed
Salesflare logo SalesflareAI2014€350kSeed
Swipii logo SwipiiMarketing2015£6.9MVenture Round
FoxBase logo FoxBaseAI2016€2.5MCorporate Round
Vado logo VadoMedia2020€1.3MSeed
VUF logo VUFManufacturing2016€3MVenture Round
Safeflows logo SafeflowsEnterprise2023€190kAngel
Qymatix - AI in Wholesale logo Qymatix - AI in WholesaleAI2018€53kConvertible Note
Zynk Software Limited logo Zynk Software LimitedAnalytics2002£250kSeed

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