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Voxify Announces $10 Million Financing Round Led by Sigma PartnersALAMEDA, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Voxify, the first company to create Automated Agents(TM) for call centers with the conversational skills to handle advanced customer service calls, today announced that the company has raised $10 million in its oversubscribed second round of institutional funding. The funding was led by Sigma Partners. The company's previous investors, El Dorado Ventures and Palomar Ventures, also participated in this round. "Speech recognition optimizes customer touch-points while reducing costs for call centers," said Daniel Hong, Voice Business Analyst at Datamonitor. "Companies like Voxify are providing well-designed speech solutions that demonstrate measurable success in transforming customer care delivery. Due to the enterprise push towards improved customer service and cost reduction spending on speech solutions, North America is expected to grow from $605 million to $1.2 billion in the next three years." Powered by the company's patented Conversation Engine(TM), Voxify Automated Agents model the intelligence and personality of a trained live agent, allowing them to engage callers in sophisticated dialogue to perform advanced customer service functions, like reservations, sales, and account requests. "Businesses are looking for diverse ways to deliver customer service and shareholder value, and as a result, companies are turning to Voxify. Voxify's Automated Agents are built for advanced customer service calls, such as fare finder, reservations or order status, and can accommodate customers with varying amounts of information. We believe Voxify is well positioned to help companies meet their customer service and business challenges. And with the strong financial backing and business support of Sigma Partners and our other financial partners, we believe we will continue to achieve rapid growth," said Adeeb Shanaa, CEO, Voxify. Building Success in The Travel and Retail Industries Voxify has deep experience in the travel industry, serving millions of calls for some of the industry's largest and most successful airlines and hotel chains. Among its clients are Continental Airlines, Wyndham International, World Choice Travel, a part of Travelocity, and Pegasus Solutions. Voxify is transferring the characteristics that have made it successful in travel and hospitality to the retail industry. Among these are the ability to scale up to meet spikes in call volume instantly and the conversational flexibility to handle everything from package tracking to orders to service calls with minimal tuning, and with practically zero capital investment. These attributes, provided through Voxify's patent-pending Conversation Engine technology, are ideal for retailers struggling to deal with the sudden spikes in call volume that come from sales, holidays, and major new product rollouts. Management Team of Enterprise Software Veterans and MIT Technologists Voxify was founded by enterprise software veterans and MIT technologists, Adeeb Shanaa, Amit Desai, and Patrick Nguyen. CEO Shanaa is a seasoned enterprise software executive with management and technology experience across several successful technology startups. Shanaa was CEO and founder of Anubis, a provider of data warehouse software, until its acquisition in 1999. Desai, VP of Products, brings deep expertise in product strategy, marketing, and development of enterprise software and applications. Desai was previously CTO and founder of Anubis. Nguyen, CTO, brings 15 years of experience in engineering management, software development, and corporate strategy. Nguyen served as VP of Engineering at Anubis. About Sigma Partners Sigma Partners, a high technology venture capital firm with over a billion dollars under management, helps entrepreneurs transform ideas into substantial, profitable businesses. Our partners have experience as successful CEOs, entrepreneurs and technologists. With this deep operating and technical insight we help build teams and strategies that produce sustainable value and successful outcomes. We were early investors in companies such as Cascade, Vignette, StorageNetworks, Internet Security Systems, and Tradex. CEOs of Sigma portfolio companies speak highly of how we leverage our network, our experience and our creativity. Our team also invests meaningful personal funds alongside the main fund, giving a sense of our active, long-term commitment to our portfolio companies. About Voxify Voxify is the first company to create automated call center agents with the conversational skills to handle advanced customer service calls. Powered by the company's patented Conversation Engine(TM), Voxify Automated Agents(TM) model the intelligence and personality of a trained live agent, allowing them to engage callers in sophisticated dialogue to perform advanced customer service functions, such as reservations, sales, and account requests. Voxify Automated Agents are taking calls today for Continental Airlines, Wyndham International and others, helping them deliver new services, close more sales, and handle unplanned call volumes without hiring additional staff. Voxify was founded by MIT technologists and enterprise software veterans. Headquartered in Alameda, California, the company has a growing list of skilled partners around the globe. For more information, visit http://www.voxify.com/. Voxify CONTACT: Hollis Chin of Voxify, +1-510-545-5015, [email protected];or Tim Beyers of Impact! Studio, +1-720-981-8818, [email protected], forVoxify Web site: http://www.voxify.com/ |