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Sendbloom developed a sales automation platform specifically for enterprise outbound sales teams. Its core product provided sophisticated tools for lead engagement, including automated outreach sequences, performance tracking, and seamless CRM integration. The platform optimized prospecting efforts, boosting sales efficiency and productivity by automating client communication.
Founded by Marty Banerjee, Nicholas Lau, and CEO Ross Epstein, Sendbloom emerged from recognizing the inefficiencies of manual sales outreach. Their key insight involved leveraging technology to automate repetitive prospecting tasks. This approach freed sales professionals to focus on higher-value interactions, forming the bedrock of a more streamlined sales workflow.
Sendbloom’s platform served enterprise sales organizations and inside sales representatives. Its vision focused on empowering sales professionals to increase velocity and effectiveness by transforming labor-intensive prospecting into a data-driven, automated methodology. The company aimed to drive meaningful engagements, fostering smarter, more productive sales interactions for its users.
Sendbloom has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round.
Sendbloom has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Sendbloom is a sales automation platform that automates top-of-funnel prospecting communications, integrates with CRM systems like Salesforce, and helps sales development representatives (SDRs) segment and nurture target accounts.[1][2] It targets inside sales teams at hundreds of companies worldwide, solving the problem of repetitive outreach by enabling highly targeted automation to accelerate sales conversations.[2][4] Founded in 2013 in San Francisco, the company raised $1.3M in seed funding across three rounds before being acquired by LinkedIn in December 2018, after which it appears to have ceased independent operations.[1]
Sendbloom was founded in 2013 in San Francisco, California, with headquarters initially at 38 Parnassus Avenue and later noted at 1126 Folsom St #2.[1][2] Specific founders are not detailed in available records, but the company emerged in the sales technology sector to re-engineer prospecting by automating routine tasks for SDRs.[2][4] Early traction included building a user-friendly interface for CRM-integrated automation, with product updates like ClearSlide integration (2017), a task manager, click-to-call dialer, and weekly training webinars signaling growth in sales enablement features.[5] By 2018, it had reached seed VC stage III and was acquired by LinkedIn, marking a pivotal exit.[1]
Sendbloom rode the early 2010s wave of sales tech automation, capitalizing on the shift toward account-based marketing (ABM) and inbound prospecting amid rising CRM adoption.[1] Its timing aligned with exploding demand for tools streamlining SDR workflows, as companies like Terminus and Demandbase competed in ABM execution—Sendbloom stood out for seamless CRM ties in a market forecasted to grow through 2025.[1] Post-acquisition by LinkedIn in 2018, its tech likely bolstered LinkedIn's Sales Navigator, influencing the ecosystem by embedding automated outreach into professional networking and B2B sales platforms.[1]
As an acquired entity integrated into LinkedIn since 2018, Sendbloom's independent trajectory ended, but its automation DNA persists within Microsoft's ecosystem, potentially evolving through AI-enhanced Sales Navigator features.[1] Trends like AI-driven personalization and hyper-targeted ABM will shape its legacy, amplifying LinkedIn's dominance in B2B sales tech. Its influence may grow indirectly as LinkedIn scales these capabilities, redefining how sales teams start conversations in a post-automation world—echoing its original mission to build the "Iron Man suit for sales." [2][4]
Sendbloom has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $1.0M Seed in January 2015.
Sendbloom has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Sendbloom's investors include 1Flourish Capital, 5eyes Ventures, 8VC, A Capital, Advisors Fund LLC, Balderton Capital, Beringea, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bling Capital, Broadway Angels, Caffeinated Capital, CapitalG.
