Saleswhale is an AI Sales Assistant that scales lead qualification via two-way email conversation. We look after the grunt work in Sales (ahem, admin) and bring only qualified leads and meetings to your Sales teams.
Saleswhale is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2016 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Saleswhale is an automated sales assistant that follows up with your…. The founders listed are Gabriel Lim (Founder/CEO), Ethan Le (Founder), Venus Wong (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, April 28, 2016).
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Saleswhale is an AI Sales Assistant that scales lead qualification via two-way email conversation. We look after the grunt work in Sales (ahem, admin) and bring only qualified leads and meetings to your Sales teams. On top of automating data entry into your CRM, Saleswhale also conducts lead enrichment on your prospects (e.g. capturing their most up-to-date contact details), capture referrals and rejection reasons, as well as manage lead assignment. Happy customers we support include Randstad, General Assembly and Verlocal - to name a few. Interested to find out more about our AI Sales Assistant? Request a customised demo for your business on our website and we'll get back to you shortly!
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