Help Scout

Help Scout is a saas company in Cambridge, United States, founded in 2011. It has 4 recorded funding rounds, most recently a Series B in January 2021.

The support platform that helps businesses delight and retain more customers

Founded
2011
Business Model
B2B
Last Round
Series BJan 2021
Rounds
4

Indexed holds 4 funding rounds and 5 investors for this company. The full record is or through the API.

About

Help Scout is a customer communication platform designed for growing businesses that prioritize human, relationship-based support. Founded in 2011 by Nick Francis, Jared McDaniel, and Denny Swindle, the platform provides a shared inbox, help center, and live chat software that helps over 12,000 customer-facing teams manage support at scale without reducing customers to ticket numbers. Help Scout is fully remote, with team members across 115+ cities, and has facilitated over 950 million customer conversations globally.

Summary

Its most recent funding was a Series B round in Jan 2021. Investors include Zelkova Ventures, Lead Edge Capital and Foundry Group.

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Funding History

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Series BSeries BJan 2021

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Funding: Seed through Series B. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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