Automation For SaaS Product Demos: $110M Raised

Consensus Raises $110M For SaaS Automation Platform

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Garin Hess, a tech entrepreneur from Utah, experienced the “demo bottleneck” while pitching to potential customers as a SaaS startup. This led him to found Consensus, an interactive video demo platform that recently raised $110 million from Sumeru Equity Partners. It allows users to build demos and send them out on demand for personalization and engagement tracking with new stakeholders by role and priority. They also released Tours which lets sales demonstrate features then hand it off for exploration via click-through experience. With 15 of the top 30 software companies as current customers and 60% revenue growth in 2022, they believe their automation is uniquely positioned in this slowdown period due to its efficiency compared to traditional methods.

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