Leadspace is a technology company.
Leadspace has raised $98.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Leadspace has raised $98.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Leadspace is a B2B Customer Data Platform (CDP) that unifies first- and third-party data sources to help sales and marketing teams identify, score, and activate high-potential leads for customer acquisition.[1][2][6] It serves B2B organizations by solving data fragmentation challenges, enabling analysis of total addressable markets (TAM), development of ideal buyer profiles (ICP), and seamless integration with CRM tools like Salesforce and marketing automation platforms.[1][4][6] The platform analyzes professional profiles from social media, web activities, and databases to prioritize "closeable business," with competitors including ZoomInfo, 6sense, and People.ai; it has raised over $44M in funding, including a Series D round, and maintains ~112 employees with ~$23.5M in revenue.[1][3]
Leadspace was founded in 2007 (originally as Data Essence) in Israel by Amnon Mishor and Yaron Karasik, both former intelligence officers with expertise in semantic analysis and web mining.[2][3] The idea emerged from their backgrounds in data intelligence, evolving into a SaaS platform for B2B lead generation; it rebranded to Leadspace and launched its first sales prospecting product in 2012, adding ideal buyer profile matching in 2013.[2] Early traction included partnerships with Salesforce and Marketo, followed by funding rounds like $18M from Battery Ventures in 2015 and $46M led by JVP.[2][3][5] Key moments include a failed 2018 merger with Radius Technologies and a dropped 2020 lawsuit against former CEO Doug Bewsher; the company is now headquartered in San Francisco with operations in Israel.[1][2][3]
Leadspace rides the account-based marketing (ABM) and CDP wave, fueled by AI-driven personalization in B2B go-to-market strategies amid rising data privacy regulations and fragmented digital channels.[1][2] Timing aligns with post-2020 demand surges for predictive analytics to combat inefficient lead gen, as buyers shift to self-serve research via social/web signals.[4][6] Favorable forces include CRM ecosystem growth (e.g., Salesforce partnerships) and ABM market expansion, where automation saves time on measurement and optimization.[1][2] It influences the ecosystem by empowering GTM teams at scale, competing in a field with 6sense and People.ai, and bridging data silos for revenue ops in tech-heavy sectors.[1][5]
Leadspace is poised to capitalize on AI-enhanced ABM maturation, expanding its Buyer Graph and Studio tools to handle evolving privacy standards and multi-channel activation.[1][6] Trends like generative AI for hyper-personalization and first-party data dominance will shape its path, potentially driving acquisitions or IPO amid CDP consolidation.[2][3] Its influence may grow through deeper enterprise integrations, cementing it as a key enabler of predictable B2B revenue in a data-rich landscape—turning fragmented signals into scalable growth engines.[1][4]
Leadspace has raised $98.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Leadspace's investors include Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Vertex Ventures Israel, Battery Ventures, Erel Margalit, Yaron Valler.
Leadspace has raised $98.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $46.0M Series D in February 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2021 | $46.0M Series D | Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Vertex Ventures Israel | |
| Dec 1, 2017 | $21.0M Series C | Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Vertex Ventures Israel | |
| Jul 1, 2015 | $18.0M Series B | Battery Ventures, Erel Margalit, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Vertex Ventures Israel, Yaron Valler | |
| May 1, 2011 | $13.0M Series A | Battery Ventures, Erel Margalit, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Vertex Ventures Israel, Yaron Valler |