Talkable
YC W11500 GlobalSan Francisco, US · 76 employees · 5 known investors
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Talkable provides a referral marketing platform that enables companies to acquire customers through rewards programs that incentivize their existing customer base. The company serves businesses seeking to grow through customer referrals rather than paid advertising.
Also known as Curebit
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentRetail TechSaaSReferralsUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W11)
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Allan GrantinFounder, CEO, & ChairmanAllan Grant co-founded Hired, an online talent marketplace for engineers and technical professionals, and later founded Talkable, a referral marketing platform for customer acquisition. He previously bootstrapped a web development company during college.
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Alyona KobzarenkoinShe has extensive experience in operations management, including HR, accounting, and vendor coordination.
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Bradley KaminExecutive Officer at Curebit
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Dominic Coryell
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Jeff Yee
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Nori YoshidainNori Yoshida is the founder of Talkable, a referral marketing platform that enables companies to acquire customers through rewards programs. He has previously founded and exited several B2B software companies.
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Summer LindmaninSummer Lindman is founder and CEO of Talkable, a referral marketing platform that helps businesses acquire customers through rewards programs. She has background in startup operations, sales leadership, Go-to-Market strategy, and executive advisory work.
Investors · 5
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2 people who came through Talkable went on to found or lead other companies.
Competitors · 6
by search overlapYotpo79 shared keywordsYotpo offers loyalty and retention software for eCommerce brands, letting them build points-based, tiered, and VIP rewards programs with digital wallet passes, integrations, and analytics. The platform serves both small businesses and enterprises and connects with eCommerce platforms, POS systems, CRMs, and marketing tools.
Zendesk74 shared keywordsThis is Zendesk's internal belonging/diversity and inclusion program page, not a company profile page for an external company. It describes Zendesk's internal culture initiatives and leadership development programs.
Loyalty Lion SAAS61 shared keywordsLoyaltyLion is a loyalty platform for enterprise e-commerce brands on Shopify Plus that enables retailers to design and manage loyalty programs with flexible rewards, customer segmentation, and omnichannel integration capabilities.
Antavo45 shared keywordsAntavo is an AI-powered customer loyalty and incentives platform that lets marketers build and run loyalty programs and promotions—points, tiers, challenges, referrals, rewards, and agentic AI—across online, in-store, mobile, and wallet channels. It serves mid-market and upper-mid-market brands in fashion, retail, beauty, travel, hospitality, restaurants, and sports across North America and Europe.</parameter>
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Toki43 shared keywordsToki is a loyalty platform for Shopify merchants offering points, memberships, referrals, cashback, and community modules to increase repeat purchases and customer engagement. It integrates with tools such as Klaviyo, Gorgias, and Attentive and supports both online and in-store POS rewards.
CleverTap41 shared keywordsCleverTap is a customer engagement and retention platform used by businesses to analyze user behavior and run marketing campaigns across channels. It operates in the marketing technology and SaaS space.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Talkable do?
- Talkable provides a referral marketing platform that enables companies to acquire customers through rewards programs that incentivize their existing customer base. The company serves businesses seeking to grow through customer referrals rather than paid advertising.
- Who founded Talkable?
- Talkable was founded by Allan Grant, Alyona Kobzarenko, Bradley Kam, Dominic Coryell, Jeff Yee, Nori Yoshida.
- Who are Talkable's investors?
- Talkable's investors include 500 Global, GoAhead Ventures, K5 Ventures, Y Combinator, Accelerator Ventures.
- Where is Talkable headquartered?
- Talkable is headquartered in San Francisco, US.










