Conversational AI startup SalesKen raises USD 22 Mn in Series B

SalesKen, a sales conversation AI startup, has raised USD 22 million in a Series B. The funding round was led by M12, a venture fund owned by Microsoft and Sequoia Capital, an existing investor in the company. The company will use the funds to expand into the North American market and enhance and scale its proprietary deep-tech product.

Salesken, founded by Surga Thilakan and Sreeraman Vaidyanathan in 2010, is an in-call live sales intelligence platform. The category-creating product improves performance and revenue per sales representative by providing insights on gaps in their sales calls and bridging the gaps with real-time cues to the reps.

“With the increase in remote selling across industries, digital tools have become a must-have in the sales stack. We created Salesken to make selling scientific and seamless. Salesken transforms teams, providing visibility and actionable insights for higher productivity from day zero. We see onboarding times reduce by 2-3 months through live assistance to sales reps. The quality of sales conversions improve, and the top-line improves by 20-25% within a few months of use. This impact has seen us grow by over 300% last year. We look forward to growing internationally and collaborating with the best talent to help us in our journey of building a world-class product”, said Surga Thilakan, co-founder and CEO of Salesken.