# Drift.com

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/drift-com

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Boston, US
- Total disclosed funding: $107M
- Latest round: Series C (Apr 17, 2018)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Founded in 2014 by David Cancel and Elias Torres, and based in Massachusetts, US, Drift.com, Inc. (Drift) operates as a provider of conversation-driven marketing and sales platform that connects businesses to leads in real-time. In February 2024, SalesLoft, Inc., a portfolio company of HarbourVest Partners, Insight Partners, Storm Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Spinnaker Ventures, Vista Equity Partners, TechStars, Atlanta Ventures, and Mubadala Capital, acquired Drift.com, Inc. 

The company combines chat, email, video, and automation solutions to remove the friction from business buying. Thus, its platform connects businesses with website visitors in real-time using bots and artificial intelligence and obtaining real-time customer feedback. It also provides target account engagement: Drift Intel which enables customers to instantly recognize qualified leads and accounts and Drift Analytics and Insights, provides engagement metrics, insights, and analytics to continually optimize and improve across both marketing and sales.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Apr 17, 2018, $60M — CRV, Hong Shan, General Catalyst Partners
- Series B, Oct 2, 2017, $32M — CRV, Hong Shan, General Catalyst Partners, HubSpot, Inc.
- Series A, Jan 13, 2015, $15M — CRV, General Catalyst Partners, NextView Ventures, Founder Collective

## Investors

- CRV (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/crv) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- General Catalyst Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/general-catalyst-partners) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- NextView Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nextview-ventures) — Series A
- Founder Collective (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/founder-collective) — Series A
- Hong Shan — Series B, Series C
- HubSpot, Inc. — Series B