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Outreach

Unicorn · $4.4BTechstars '11

Seattle, US · Founded 2014 · Delaware corporation · 24 known investors

outreach.io

Outreach provides sales engagement and revenue intelligence software for enterprise sales teams to improve customer relationships and close deals more effectively.

Also known as Outreach.io

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech

Founders & leadership

Outreach was founded in 2014 by Manny Medina.

MMManny Medina
Manny MedinainFounder and Board Member2025–2026
AMAbhijit Mitra
Abhijit MitrainCEO
MF
Melissa FisherExecutive
MM
Manuel MedinaNamed on SEC filing
WH
Wesley HatherNamed on SEC filing
GL
Gordon L. HemptonNamed on SEC filing
CD
Chris DeVoreNamed on SEC filing
BW
Boriz WertzNamed on SEC filing
AK
Andrew KinzerinNamed on SEC filing
GHGordon Hempton
Gordon Hemptonin𝕏Co-Founder & CTO2013–2019Founder/CEO at Team Apart
WHWes Hather
Wes Hatherin𝕏Co-Founder2014–2020Founder at Team Apart

Board

SFSamuel Fort
Samuel Fortin𝕏Board directorPartner at DFJ

Investors · 24

Also in the syndicate · 5

DFJ GrowthLone Pine CapitalSands CapitalSTEADFAST Capital VenturesleadVista Public Strategies

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$488.9M disclosed across 9 of 13 rounds · 2014–2021

$201MraisedJun 2021 · 26 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Ralph de la VegaDirector
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
  • Sandash PatnamDirector
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
  • Anna BairdExecutive Officer
  • Sue Leland BostromDirector
  • Melissa FisherExecutive Officer
Offering amount
$201M
Amount sold
$201M
First sale
May 2021
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$7.8MofferedApr 2021 · 1 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Samuel FortDirector
  • Melissa FisherExecutive Officer
  • Sue Leland BostromDirector
  • Ralph de la VegaDirector
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
  • Anna BairdExecutive Officer
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
Offering amount
$7.8M
First sale
Apr 2021
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$50MraisedJun 2020 · 18 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Melissa FisherExecutive Officer
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Samuel FortDirector
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
  • Sue Leland BostromDirector
  • Anna BairdExecutive Officer
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
Offering amount
$50M
Amount sold
$50M
First sale
Jun 2020
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$2.8MofferedJun 2019 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
  • Anna BairdExecutive Officer
  • Samuel FortDirector
  • Andrew KinzerExecutive Officer
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
  • Gordon Leland HemptonExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$2.8M
First sale
Jan 2019
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$113.7MraisedApr 2019 · 16 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
  • Samuel FortDirector
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Andrew KinzerExecutive Officer
  • Gordon Leland HemptonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Anna BairdExecutive Officer
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
Offering amount
$113.7M
Amount sold
$113.7M
First sale
Apr 2019
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$65MraisedMay 2018 · 13 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Andrew KinzerExecutive Officer
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
  • Gordon Leland HemptonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Anna BairdExecutive Officer
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Samuel FortDirector
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$65M
Amount sold
$65M
First sale
May 2018
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$536.4KofferedMar 2018 · 1 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Anna BairdExecutive Officer
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Andrew KinzerExecutive Officer
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
  • Samuel FortDirector
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
  • Gordon Leland HemptonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$536.4K
First sale
Mar 2018
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$30MraisedMay 2017 · 15 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Pete PriceExecutive Officer
  • Rajeev BatraDirector
  • Samuel FortDirector
  • Manuel MedinaExecutive Officer, Director
  • Karan MehandruDirector
  • Andrew KinzerExecutive Officer
  • Gordon Leland HemptonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Sarah ImbachDirector
Offering amount
$30M
Amount sold
$30M
First sale
May 2017
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Valuation · disclosed

Disclosed events
$4.4Bvaluation at Late-stage roundJun 2021
filing ↗
$1.1Bvaluation at Round at $1.1 billion valuationJan 2019
filing ↗

Source: SEC prospectus filings, and round valuations the company or its investors disclosed — follow each entry's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Outreach is a Seattle-headquartered software company, founded in 2014, that sells a business-to-business sales execution and revenue workflow platform. The product combines multi-channel sales engagement (email, calls, LinkedIn and custom tasks organized into sequences), an integrated dialer, conversation intelligence, deal management, pipeline inspection and revenue forecasting into a single workspace used by sales representatives, sales managers, revenue operations, marketing and customer success teams.

The platform is organized into named capability areas: Engage (sequencing and email/LinkedIn campaigns), Call (dialer, recording, call summaries), Meet/Kaia (real-time transcription, action items, in-meeting guidance), Deal (deal health scores and AI deal scoring), Forecast (AI-assisted forecast modeling and scenario planning), and Amplify (credit-based AI agents for research, enrichment, prospecting and personalization). Additional features cited by third-party reviewers include Smart Email Assist, out-of-office detection with automatic sequence pausing, machine-learning sentiment classification of email replies (positive, objection, referral, unsubscribe, other), mutual action plans/success plans, account planning and buying-committee relationship mapping, and A/B testing of sequence content. Bi-directional CRM synchronization with Salesforce, HubSpot and Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a core part of the system, supported by a marketplace of roughly 90-100+ integrations and a REST API.

As of 2025-2026 the company markets itself as an "agentic AI platform" for revenue teams, with recent capabilities including Outreach MCP for connecting go-to-market systems, Omni (a conversational agent available in-app, on mobile and in Slack), Agent Studio (a visual canvas for configuring pre-built workflow automations), a knowledge base for uploading proprietary sales content, a Meeting Prep Agent that generates pre-meeting briefings, and an AI Topics Explorer for analyzing conversation patterns and competitor mentions. Outreach also promotes enterprise security, privacy and agent governance controls with audit trails, and states it was the first revenue platform certified in responsible AI.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
CustomersJan 20266,000 customers
Employee rangeDec 2025501-1000
EmployeesJun 2021800 employees
HeadcountAug 20261,613
Opportunities closed via platformJan 2026Over 2 million opportunities closed every month
Q1 ARR growth year-over-yearJun 2021More than 100%
Sales reps using productJan 201950,000 reps at more than 3,300 companies
Total funding raisedJun 2021$489M
ValuationJun 2021$4.4B

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Founder mafia

5 people who came through Outreach went on to found or lead other companies.

Competitors · 6

by search overlap
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Salesloft154 shared keywordsSalesloft provides an AI-powered revenue orchestration platform that consolidates buyer signals across a company's tech stack to coordinate sales engagement from initial contact through renewal. The platform serves B2B sales teams seeking to improve revenue growth efficiency and predictability.
Close149 shared keywordsClose is a CRM platform that provides sales software for businesses, emphasizing communication features and automated data entry to improve sales representative productivity.
Netezza116 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Zapier115 shared keywordsZapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding. The platform serves enterprises, operations teams, and businesses of all sizes looking to deploy AI-driven automation for lead capture, customer support, employee onboarding, and other business processes.

Companies competing with Outreach for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 5

launches, deals, and filings
Jun 2021
Outreach closes $200M round at $4.4B valuation

Round co-led by new investors Premji Invest and STEADFAST Capital Ventures, bringing total funding to $489 million. Sandesh Patnam of Premji Invest joined the board.

$200M source ↗

Jun 2021
Opened offices in London and Prague

Over the prior year Outreach added two global offices in London and Prague alongside U.S. locations in Seattle and San Francisco, growing to more than 800 employees worldwide.

source ↗

Jan 2021
Launch of Outreach Kaia, Outreach Insights and Outreach Success Plans

Three products announced at the company's annual Unleash customer conference: a real-time conversation intelligence tool (Kaia), an AI reporting suite analyzing buyer emotive signals and sentiment (Insights), and an opportunity management offering for buyer-seller collaboration (Success Plans).

source ↗

Oct 2019
Co-founder Gordon Hempton departs Outreach

Hempton left Outreach in October 2019; co-founder Wes Hather departed in 2020 and co-founder Andrew Kinzer left in March 2020. Hempton and Hather went on to found Seattle startup Spot.

source ↗

Jan 2019
Move to new Seattle headquarters on Queen Anne waterfront

Following a $114 million round at a $1.1 billion valuation, Outreach moved into roughly 85,000 square feet across the upper three floors of a five-story building overlooking Elliott Bay, with room for around 530 employees.

source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
OutreachDelaware

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Outreach do?
Seattle-based Outreach sells an AI-driven sales engagement and revenue workflow platform for B2B revenue teams.
Who founded Outreach?
Outreach was founded by Manny Medina in 2014.
Who are Outreach's investors?
Outreach's investors include DFJ, Salesforce Ventures, 408 Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Elevate Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Floodgate, Mayfield Fund and 11 more.
How much funding has Outreach raised?
Outreach has disclosed $488.9M raised across 9 of its 13 known rounds.
Where is Outreach headquartered?
Outreach is headquartered in Seattle, US.