Salesken.ai secure a Series A funding of $8 million from country's leading funding firm Sequoia India. Unitus Ventures, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation were the other investors with whom the a secondary transaction was executed in this funding round.

Salesken who has brought in the concept of Science of Sales, now intends to use this acquired funds to further develop its artificial intelligence-based conversation intelligence platform and launch it in Asia Pacific and North America markets.

Giving heed to this Co-founder and CEO of Salesken.ai, Surga Thilakan commented, "Companies squander a third of their customer acquisition costs on preventable lead losses. They also face the unpredictability of sales outcomes and an inability to replicate success at scale. Salesken.ai helps them by enabling sales teams to adopt a more scientific approach to sales management in real-time during their customer conversations."

Bengaluru based, Salesken initiated its journey in the year 2019 to help sales teams with real-time intelligence on various aspects of the sales pitch like lead qualification and navigating pricing discussions during their customer conversations to help them win more deals. They can also gauge the customer's sentiment during the conversation, the company said in a statement.

Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India, Shailesh Lakhani holds the opinion thatiInside sales has many unique management, training, and scaling challenges, but is often the most productive form of sales for companies across a range of industries. And Salesken enables higher productivity for this segment of users and brings a step function in their performance.