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]
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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 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]
References
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- ^ "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. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "LeadGenius racks up $6 mln". Reuters. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Sales and marketing startup LeadGenius raises $10M". TechCrunch. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.