Our Investment in Clodura.ai

GenAI-powered Platform from Sales Prospecting to Closure!

The #Salestechnology and #Salestools landscape has become increasingly fragmented, with sales teams juggling multiple-point solutions for different steps from #prospecting to #outreach and #nurturing. According to a 2022 Salesforce survey, the average salesperson uses 10 different tools spanning company and contact databases, sales intelligence, engagement platforms, dialers, analytics, CRM systems, and more. This proliferation of disjointed tools leads to workflow inefficiencies, data silos, and escalating costs.

"Salespeople want to sell rather than navigate a maze of tools!"

The mid-teens growth rate of the $5 billion sales intelligence segment or a $70 billion sales software and platforms category exemplifies the demand for consolidated solutions that can streamline processes across the entire sales cycle. The global sales technology market is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by the digitization of sales processes and the growing adoption of #AI, #GenAI and #automation. Incumbents like ZoomInfo and upstarts like Apollo.io have attracted significant funding and acquisitions in their quest to build unified #data, #automation and #engagement #platforms. However, most offerings still rely heavily on manual data gathering and outreach processes that are labor-intensive and difficult to keep updated.

Clodura.ai has taken an innovative approach by building an AI-native platform, from intelligent prospecting and precise targeting to #GenAI driven personalized outreach and analytics-driven deal nurturing that serves as a true "sales co-pilot" or “sales companion” for a salesperson. The platform combines global company and contact databases, dynamic organizational charts, buyer intent signals, multi-channel outreach capabilities, and embedded analytics powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) and #GenerativeAI. At its core, Clodura.ai provides a vast and continuously updated real-time database that includes 600 million+ contacts, 18 million+ companies, and 120 million+ direct dials, maintaining a high accuracy and continuous updation.?

Clodura.ai's vision is driven by the founding team, combining deep #enterprisesales and #product development experiences. CEO Kapil Khangaonkar is a sales veteran with over 20+ years of experience across the US, UK, APAC and Indian markets. Co-founder and CTO Abhay Nawathey is a prolific technologist with 20+ years of building infrastructure software systems and two prior startups.?

Within a couple of years of entering the market, Clodura.ai has acquired over several tens of thousands of customers including marquee enterprises like Wipro, Bosch and 3i Infotech replacing some of the larger incumbents. Our reference calls consistently highlighted Clodura.ai's data accuracy, unique insights like dynamic org charts and buying signals, personalized #AIwriter for reachouts and the tangible productivity gains from consolidating multiple sales tools onto a unified AI-native platform.

We are excited to partner with Clodura.ai in their journey to revolutionize the sales experience through advanced AI. As investors investing in #Deeptech and #AI focused Indian product startups, "Building in India, for the World", we are impressed by the founders' vision and the substantial potential for #ML and #GenAI technologies to revolutionize Sales Prospecting to Closure.

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by Somshubhro (Som) Pal Choudhury, shyam menon and Rohan Choukkar