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InsideSales Raises $100M

By TechTaffy Desk

InsideSales.com, a cloud-based sales acceleration technology company, has raised $100 million in Series C financing. Polaris Partners led the round, with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Acadia Woods, EPIC Ventures, salesforce.com and Zetta Venture Partners also participated in the round, along with previous investors Hummer Winblad and U.S. Venture Partners, as well as Fraser Bullock, managing director at Sorenson Capital.

InsideSales.com has achieved 107 percent year-over-year sales growth with corresponding growth in employee count, says the company. It currently provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to some 1,000 customers, including Fidelity, Microsoft, Groupon, McGraw-Hill and Marketo.

[Image courtesy: InsideSales.com]

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