Sounding Board, an Aliso Viejo, California-based unified Coaching Enablement Platform and managed coach network that scales manages, and measures complex leadership development closed a $30 million Series B to move coaching beyond services and into SaaS.
The round was led by Jazz Venture Partners, joined by Gaingels as well as angel investors such as theBoardlist’s Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Ancestry.com’s Deb Liu, Udemy’s Yvonne Chen, and DocuSign’s Tammy Aguillon. Previous investors in the company include Canaan Partner and Precursor Ventures.
With this Series B round, Sounding Board, will accelerate investment in data, reporting & science on the product & technology side, building towards its vision of becoming the coaching enablement platform for the world’s largest enterprises.
Company: Sounding Board, Inc
Raised: $30.0M
Round: Series B
Funding Month: December 2021
Lead Investors: Jazz Venture Partners
Additional Investors: Gaingels, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Deb Liu, Yvonne Chen, Tammy Aguillon, Canaan Partner, and Precursor Ventures
Company Website: https://www.soundingboardinc.com/
Software Category: Coaching Management Platform
About the Company: Sounding Board is a unified Coaching Enablement Platform and managed coach network that scales, manages, and measures complex leadership development. Sounding Board enables and scales complex leadership coaching programs with a scientifically designed Coaching Management Platform and a curated network of leadership coaches. Sounding Board currently has 100 customers.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/01/sounding-board-lands-series-b-to-move-coaching-beyond-services-and-into-saas/ https://www.soundingboardinc.com/blog/letter-from-sounding-board-co-founders-series-b-announcement/