Cloutly, a Gold Coast, Australia-based reputation and review management platform, raised $500,000 pre-seed round of funding.
The round was led by Unify Ventures, with participation from Palm Beach Ventures (PBV), amid a cast of new investors and advisors that includes Mike van der Heijden (Portal Ventures), Jason Atkins (Cake Equity, PBV), George Hartley (Bluethumb, Smartrmail) and Chad Stephens (1Form, Fillr).
The funding will allow Cloutly to build its remote-first team and accelerate the delivery of its product roadmap – a more ‘human’ review experience for businesses and their customers.
Company: Cloutly Co Pty Ltd
Raised: $500K
Round: pre-Seed
Funding Month: July 2022
Lead Investors: Unify Ventures
Additional Investors: Palm Beach Ventures (PBV), Mike van der Heijden, Jason Atkins, George Hartley, and Chad Stephens
Company Website: https://cloutly.com/
Software Category: Reputation and Review management platform
About the Company: Cloutly® is a reputation and review management platform that helps you drive, monitor, respond to and showcase customer reviews for your business. Cloutly helps local businesses automate and personalize customer review generation, so they can rapidly build social proof on the channels they rely on for new business. It's the fastest way to get your customers talking about you. Cloutly’s mission is to make it easy for businesses to close the loop on customer testimonials, from automation, segmentation, and personalization; to become the fastest (and most authentic) way to get your customers talking about you online. Cloutly’s lean team of two-hit 6-figures in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and onboarded over 150 paying businesses, including cornerstone customers such as Swyftx, Swimart, Home Instead, and Cake.
Source: https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/funding/gold-coast-startup-cloutly-lands-500000-pre-seed-to-help-small-businesses-bolster-their-reputations/