Zift Solutions
Durham, US · Founded 2006 · North Carolina corporation · 158 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
Zift Solutions offers Unifyr, a partner relationship management (PRM) platform that helps channel teams onboard partners, register deals, run co-marketing campaigns, and track pipeline. The platform uses AI agents to automate partner onboarding, campaign recommendations, and partner support for companies running channel and reseller programs.
Also known as Unifyr
Founders & leadership
Board
Investors · 4
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$17.6M disclosed across 3 rounds · 2011–2015
▶$14.3MraisedSep 2015 · 12 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Bryan FerrenExecutive Officer
- Scott EnglandExecutive Officer
- David BuffaloeExecutive Officer
- Jason CaplainDirector
- Joseph VelkDirector
- Andy WilsonExecutive Officer
- Nicole WickerExecutive Officer
- Mark SchliefExecutive Officer
- Ed OlkkolaDirector
- Kenneth RomleyExecutive Officer, Director
- Lionel FarrExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $25.6M
- Amount sold
- $14.3M
- First sale
- Aug 2015
- Incorporated
- Corporation, North Carolina
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$3MraisedNov 2014 · 16 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Joseph VelkDirector
- Kenneth RomleyExecutive Officer, Director
- Ed OlkkolaDirector
- James WilsonExecutive Officer
- David BuffaloeExecutive Officer
- Scott EnglandExecutive Officer
- Mark SchliefExecutive Officer
- Jason CaplainDirector
- Bryan FerrenExecutive Officer
- Lionel FarrExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $3.6M
- Amount sold
- $3M
- First sale
- Feb 2013
- Incorporated
- Corporation, North Carolina
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$300KraisedJan 2012 · 8 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Jason CaplainDirector
- Bryan FerrenExecutive Officer
- Lionel FarrExecutive Officer
- Kenneth RomleyExecutive Officer, Director
- Joseph VelkDirector
- Offering amount
- $300K
- Amount sold
- $300K
- First sale
- Dec 2011
- Incorporated
- Corporation, North Carolina
- Federal exemptions
- 06
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Zift Solutions, operating under the Unifyr brand, provides a partner relationship management (PRM) and partner ecosystem management platform used by companies to build and operate channel partner programs. The platform consolidates partner onboarding, partner management, deal registration, co-selling and co-marketing, channel marketing automation, incentive and fund programs, and analytics into a single system, with a partner portal as the primary interface for external partners.
The product includes a built-in learning management system for partner training, course delivery and certification tracking, marketing content that partners can customize for email and social channels, and dashboards reporting partner activity, social performance, registered deals, leads and opportunities. The company markets an agentic AI layer, Unifyr IQ, consisting of purpose-built AI agents such as Onboarding IQ, Campaign IQ and Ask IQ, which handle partner onboarding, recommend campaigns and answer partner questions within channel workflows. Packaging is positioned across emerging, mid-market and enterprise segments, with enterprise offerings emphasizing complex global partner programs, compliance and advanced analytics.
Business model
Software platform sold to vendors that operate indirect sales channels, with tiers spanning emerging, mid-market and enterprise partner programs; prospects are directed to book a demo rather than self-serve sign-up.
Traction
The company reports cumulative platform figures of more than $25 billion in total deal value, over 3 million deals, over 30 million leads generated, over 1 million leads registered, over 800,000 partners and over 1 million users. A published case study states that SAS used the platform for channel marketing, with platform-distributed leads reaching nearly 40% of total channel leads in peak months and half of active partners generating leads through the platform in the first year. HERE Technologies is cited as a customer that launched a partner university with self-paced courseware on the platform.
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Market position
Positions itself as an AI-native PRM for channel ecosystems of all sizes, citing more than 20 years of channel activity, over 800,000 partners and 1 million users on the platform, and 450+ G2 reviews.
Emphasizes a unified platform covering partner management, channel marketing and partner training in one system, together with embedded AI agents for onboarding, campaign recommendations and partner support, and scalability from a first partner to global programs.
Technology
Cloud PRM platform combining partner portal, deal registration, campaign automation, an integrated learning management system and analytics dashboards, plus agentic AI components (Unifyr IQ) that automate onboarding, campaign recommendations and partner question answering.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales motion driven by demo requests on the company website, supported by customer case studies, executive testimonials and third-party review-site presence.
Channel, partner and marketing teams at technology and enterprise companies running indirect sales programs, ranging from organizations signing their first partners to those managing thousands of partners globally.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 4
by search overlap
Companies competing with Zift Solutions for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Zift Solutionsziftsolutions.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Zift Solutions do?
- Unifyr is an AI-enabled partner relationship management platform for running channel and partner ecosystem programs.
- Who are Zift Solutions's investors?
- Zift Solutions's investors include AlbionVC, Bull City Venture Partners, Escalate Capital Partners, Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C..
- How much funding has Zift Solutions raised?
- Zift Solutions has disclosed $17.6M raised across 3 rounds.
- Where is Zift Solutions headquartered?
- Zift Solutions is headquartered in Durham, US.