Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible
Demand Sage, a new startup from the founders of recently-acquired mobile analytics company Localytics, announced this morning that it has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Eniac Ventures and Underscore VC.
When I spoke to CEO Raj Aggarwal, CTO Henry Cipolla and CPO Randy Dailey back in February, they outlined a vision to make it easier for marketers to get the data and insights they need, initially by automatically generating Google Sheets reports using data from HubSpot.
More recently, Demand Sage has been expanding into sales data.
From our solid base with marketers we noticed sales leaders pulling us in to help them too," Aggarwal told me via email. We've been able to give them visibility they didn't have, in areas such as where deals are getting stuck and which activities actually drive revenue. It makes sense since there is a ton of overlap between the sales and marketing functions, especially in SMBs. "
Aggarwal also said that Demand Sage has expanded its product lineup beyond pre-built report templates by introducing a no-code Report Builder," and by testing out an insights tools that could, for example, help salespeople determine which deals need their attention.
In a statement, Vinayak Ranade, CEO of Demand Sage customer Drafted, said, With every sales and marketing tool I've used, eventually you give up and export data to a spreadsheet to dig into the numbers," whereas with Demand Sage, it's like having a Google Sheets power-user that automatically makes the spreadsheets that you really want to see."
As for how the business has fared during the pandemic, Aggarwal said, Demand has really jumped. Companies need more cost-effective solutions and greater flexibility as business models shift."