Aircall

Aircall offers a cloud based phone system and call center software with integrations into CRMs & helpdesk software that is headquartered in Paris, France and was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Anguelov, Olivier Pailhès, Pierre-Baptiste Béchu, Thibaud Elziere, and Xavier Durand.

Aircall is a company that participated in the 500 Startups Batch 14 cohort and raised an estimated $40,550,000.

On June 2, 2105 Aircall announced raising $800,000 in seed funding from 500 Startups, Newfund Capital, Digital Leaders Ventures, Theo Martin, Oleg Tscheltzoff, Michel Meyer,and Davy Kestens.

On January 25, 2016 Aircall announced raising another $2.75 million in seed funding from Balderton Capital (lead investor), FundersClub, and undisclosed angel investors from France and Germany. Olivier Pailhes, the co-founder and CEO of Aircall, made the following statement regarding the companies plans for their second round of seed funding:

[The company is] experiencing such a high level of demand from customers that we want to double the team over the next 4-6 months, and accelerate the pace we’re adding features to our product.

On September 15, 2016 Aircall announced raising $8 million in funding from Balderton Capital (lead investor), Viralety Ventures, Newfund Capital, FJ Labs, and Andrew Nutter. The company plans on using their series A funding to expand its operations in the United States by opening up a new office in New York City and to double its team over the course of the year following their series A funding round.

On May 15, 2018 Aircall announced raising $29 million in series B funding from NextWorld Capital (lead investor), Draper Esprit (lead investor), eFounders, SGPA, Newfund Capital, NextWorld Capital, and Balderton Capital. The company plans on using their series B funding to accelerate the development of its cloud-based phone system and to hire more employees in the United States and Europe.