Loading organizations...
SAVO provides a comprehensive sales enablement platform, optimizing the sales process and empowering teams. Its on-demand, collaborative solution integrates tools and content, enabling professionals to communicate value and differentiation effectively. The platform equips users with essential resources and insights for impactful engagement and productive conversations throughout the customer buying cycle.
Founded in 1999 by John Aiello and Drew Larsen, SAVO emerged from the insight that sales effectiveness needed robust, technological support. They recognized the critical need to bolster sellers' skills and systemize support. This led them to pioneer the sales enablement category, establishing SAVO as an innovator empowering sales forces.
SAVO's platform serves sales and marketing professionals across diverse industries and organizational sizes. The company’s vision is to maximize all sales teams' potential by providing tools for consistent, compelling, and highly effective communication. It aims to cultivate a more efficient and impactful sales environment, ensuring sales forces are continuously prepared to deliver their best performance.
SAVO has raised $59.0M across 3 funding rounds.
SAVO has raised $59.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
SAVO has raised $59.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
SAVO's investors include Accelerator Ventures, Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, Cervin Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, LAUNCH, Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Thrive Capital, Anshu Sharma, Bob Pasker.
SAVO Group is a technology company that builds an on-demand sales enablement platform designed to enhance sales team performance by delivering clear, consistent messaging and resources.[1][2][4] It serves sales organizations of all sizes—from 10 to 10,000 reps—by addressing sales enablement challenges across people, processes, insights, and technology, combining best practices with tools like mobile apps for pitch decks, competitive intelligence, and in-meeting interactions.[1][2] The platform solves the problem of inconsistent sales communication, enabling reps to maximize value articulation and differentiation, with features like SAVO Mobile for iOS/Android that supports real-time asset sharing and annotations.[2] Founded in 1999, it raised $69M before being acquired, demonstrating solid growth in the sales tech space.[1]
(Note: A separate entity, Savo Technologies, provides custom web/mobile app development, AI solutions, and digital design but lacks the sales enablement focus or acquisition history matching SAVO's profile.[3][5][6])
SAVO Group was founded in 1999 as a pioneer in sales enablement software.[1][2][4] Early details on specific founders are not detailed in available sources, but the company quickly positioned itself to tackle fragmented sales processes through an on-demand platform.[1] A pivotal moment came with products like SAVO Mobile, which extended desktop capabilities to mobile devices, empowering field reps with assets such as pitch decks, win stories, and competitive intel for global sales conversations.[2] This innovation marked early traction in mobile sales execution, leading to $69M in funding and eventual acquisition, reflecting evolution from basic enablement to comprehensive, tech-driven solutions.[1]
SAVO Group rode the early wave of sales enablement amid the SaaS boom in the late 1990s/2000s, when enterprises sought tools to standardize sales amid growing complexity from digital channels and global teams.[1] Timing was ideal as CRM adoption rose but lacked execution layers—SAVO filled this by blending content, insights, and mobility, influencing competitors like Conga (revenue management) and BigMachines (CPQ).[1] Market forces like remote selling and data-driven sales favored its mobile innovations, positioning it as a precursor to modern platforms amid rising demand for AI-enhanced enablement.[2] It shaped the ecosystem by proving on-demand models scale sales productivity, paving the way for post-acquisition integrations in larger suites.
Post-acquisition, SAVO's tech likely fuels ongoing sales enablement evolutions within its parent, integrating with AI for personalized content and predictive insights.[1][2] Trends like hyper-personalized selling via generative AI and seamless CRM embeddings will amplify its legacy, potentially expanding to emerging markets with mobile-first needs. Its influence may grow through embedded features in enterprise stacks, solidifying sales execution as a core tech pillar—echoing its founding mission to make every sales conversation compelling and consistent.
SAVO has raised $59.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $35.0M Venture Round in June 2014.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2014 | $35.0M Venture Round | Accelerator Ventures, Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, Cervin Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, LAUNCH, Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Thrive Capital, Anshu Sharma, Bob Pasker | |
| Jun 1, 2011 | $14.0M Venture Round | Accelerator Ventures, Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, Cervin Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, LAUNCH, Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Thrive Capital, Anshu Sharma, Bob Pasker | |
| Aug 1, 2005 | $10.0M Series A | Accelerator Ventures, Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, Cervin Ventures, Converge Venture Partners, LAUNCH, Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Thrive Capital, Anshu Sharma, Bob Pasker |