Draper Esprit PLC Draper Esprit leads funding round in Aircall (2019O)
16 May 2018 - 4:00PM
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RNS Number : 2019O
Draper Esprit PLC
16 May 2018
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Draper Esprit plc
("Draper Esprit" or the "Company")
DRAPER ESPRIT LEADS $29.0 MILLION SERIES B FUNDING ROUND IN
AIRCALL
Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), a leading venture capital
firm investing in and developing high growth digital technology
businesses, today announces a GBP10.0 million ($14.0 million)
investment in Aircall, a French cloud-based call centre software
business.
The Draper Esprit-led Series B funding round brings the total
funds raised by Aircall to $40.5 million to date. The new
investment will be used by the company to accelerate the buildout
of its cloud-based phone system, including seamless integrations
into all the software tools used by modern businesses. It will also
enable the business to invest in further senior hires in both the
U.S. and Europe.
Aircall was founded in 2014 to create a platform that would make
phone support easy to manage. It now offers instant phone numbers
in over 40 countries, provides a collaborative phone app to let
teams share and follow-up on calls and connects to any CRM or
customer support tool.
Other investors in the round include Balderton Capital,
NextWorld Capital and Newfund.
Simon Cook, CEO at Draper Esprit, commented:
"We look forward to partnering with the Aircall team to help the
company grow and develop its transformative technology further.
With over 3000 business customers worldwide, they have quickly
established themselves as one of the fastest growing cloud-based
phone systems in the market and we are very excited to be
supporting Aircall on the next stage of its growth journey.
"Our investment in Aircall adds to Draper Esprit's significant
momentum this year, with recent investments in Ledger and Revolut,
along with new commitments to European seed funds Join Capital and
Icebreaker.
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For further information, please contact:
Draper Esprit plc
Simon Cook (Chief Executive Officer)
Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer) +44 (0)20 7931 8800
Numis Securities
Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker
Alex Ham
Richard Thomas
Jamie Loughborough +44 (0)20 7260 1000
Goodbody Stockbrokers
ESM Adviser & Joint Broker
Don Harrington
Linda Hickey
Charlotte Craigie +353 1 667 0420
Richard Tunney +44 (0)203 8416202
MHP Communications (PR)
James White
Vera Prokhorenko
Pete Lambie +44 (0)20 3128 8570
About Draper Esprit
Draper Esprit is one of the most active venture capital firms in
Europe, helping to build and invest in disruptive, high growth
technology companies. We believe the best entrepreneurs in Europe
are capable of building the global businesses of the future, by
partnering with the global Draper Venture Network with VC funds in
22 countries. We fuel their growth with long- term capital, access
to international networks and decades of experience building
businesses. Draper Esprit's portfolio includes global technology
leaders such as Trustpilot, Ledger, Perkbox, Revolut, and
Graphcore. Recent successful exits include Grapeshot, Clavis,
Tails, and Movidius.Visit www.draperesprit.com
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