(Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; hereinafter referred to as UPWARD) has raised approximately 1.17 billion yen as the first close of its latest round of funding from new investor RJ Value Plus 1 Investment Limited Partnership managed by J-Growth Corporation, existing investor NVCC10 Investment Limited Partnership managed by Nippon Venture Capital Co. The latest round of funding, the first close of which is approximately 1.17 billion yen, was raised from a new investor, RJ Value Plus No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership managed by J-Growth Inc.
With this funding, the company will accelerate the development of AI functions for field sales and solution packages optimized for specific industries.
Amount raised: approximately 1.17 billion yen
Underwriters:
- RJ Value Plus No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership
- NVCC No. 10 Investment Limited Partnership
https://www.nvcc.co.jp/about/fund/
- Salesforce Ventures
https:// salesforceventures.com/
UPWARD will further focus on the development of AI functions for field sales by combining location-based technology and AI, which is currently underway. By combining smart devices, location-based technology, and AI, UPWARD will automate the recording of customer contact activities by field sales, and provide sales engagement services that create new customer contact opportunities. This will allow field salespeople, who are responsible for the last mile to the customer, to focus on essential customer-facing activities, thereby improving customer satisfaction and maximizing sales. In addition, we will provide industry-specific, industry-optimized functionality in the form of solution packages to solve the challenges of industry-specific field sales.
UPWARD is an AI-based sales support service specialized for outbound and inbound sales. UPWARD uses its patented "advanced geo-fencing technology" to automatically record customer contact points, and provides various AI functions specialized for outbound sales. The service is being used as a next-generation sales DX platform by more than 400 companies, mainly major companies that use face-to-face contact with customers as their main sales channel.
Service website: https://upward.jp/
"UPWARD" introduction material: https://upward.jp/downloads/allservicematerials/
UPWARD CO., LTD. PROVIDES DX SERVICES SPECIALIZED IN SOLVING ISSUES OF FIELD WORKERS WHO VISIT THE FIELD AND CREATE VALUE THROUGH OFFLINE CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS, BASED ON ITS PURVIEW OF "DRAWING OUT THE CREATIVITY OF FIELD WORKERS AND ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF COMPANIES AND SOCIETY". BY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WORKERS CAN PERFORM THEIR TASKS WITH A SINGLE MOBILE DEVICE, WE AIM TO CREATE A WORLD IN WHICH THEY CAN BE ACTIVE REGARDLESS OF WHERE AND HOW THEY WORK.
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