Cognigy
Latest round
- Series C
Last raised
- Jun 2024
Total raised
- $167M
Investors
- 8
About Cognigy
Based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and founded in 2016 and co-founded by Philipp Heltewig, Benjamin Mayr, and Sascha Poggemann.AI, is a SaaS and on-premise environment and supports conversations in any language and on any channel including phone, webchat, SMS, and mobile apps. Cognigy’s worldwide client portfolio includes Daimler, Bosch, Henkel, and Lufthansa, Salzburg AG., a portfolio company of CornerstoneCapital, Osborne Partners Capital Management LLC, Park Square Financial Group LLC, Tradewinds Capital Management LLC, Anchor Investment Management LLC, McIlrath & Eck LLC, and NBC Securities Inc.net Inc. for approximately USD 955 million. The transaction value includes an approximate $50 million time-bound holdback which is comprised of $25 million in cash and 158,000 American Depositary Shares. As part of the transaction, Cognigy GmbH will be rebranded as NiCE Cognigy. The deal was completed in September 2025 Cognigy GmbH is a conversational AI platform for the automation of customer and employee support services through using cognitive bots. The company also offers an editor intended to design a possible flow of conversation. It also offers an end-to-end enterprise software platform intended to automates customer service conversations.AI, to enterprises for automating customer and employee support across service, sales, HR, and marketing channels. The acquisition will help NiCE Ltd to unite their market-leading CXone Mpower platform with Cognigy Gmbh leading conversational and agentic AI capabilities, enabling organizations to rapidly accelerate the adoption of AI-first customer service delivery, orchestrating AI agents seamlessly across the front and back office in a unified CX AI platform powered by purpose-built CX AI models.
Who invested in Cognigy
8 investors across 4 rounds
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Who invested in Cognigy?
Cognigy has 8 investors on record across 4 venture rounds. Sign up free to see every VC on the cap table and the rounds they joined.
How much funding has Cognigy raised?
Cognigy has raised 4 venture rounds. Sign up free to see how much each round raised and the total.
When did Cognigy last raise money?
Cognigy's most recent round on record is a Series C, in Jun 2024.
What does Cognigy do?
Based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and founded in 2016 and co-founded by Philipp Heltewig, Benjamin Mayr, and Sascha Poggemann.
Where is Cognigy headquartered?
Cognigy is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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