Drift Overview

  • Founded
  • 2014
Founded
  • Status
  • Private
  • Employees
  • 600
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • Buyout/​LBO
  • Financing Rounds
  • 6
  • Investments
  • 3

Drift General Information

Description

Developer of a conversational marketing and sales platform designed to turn website traffic into qualified sales meetings. The company's platform connects businesses with website visitors in real-time using bots and artificial intelligence and obtaining real-time customer feedback through live chat sessions, enabling businesses to generate qualified leads, accelerate the sales cycle and offer a modern buying experience for potential customers.

Contact Information

Website
www.drift.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Primary Industry
Business/Productivity Software
Other Industries
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Primary Office
  • 222 Berkeley Street
  • 7th Floor, Suite 600
  • Boston, MA 02116
  • United States
+1 (855) 000-0000

Drift Timeline

2019202020212022
Financing RoundFinancing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth
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Drift Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Drift Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Drift Competitors (79)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Koncert Angel-Backed Salem, NH 00
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Drift Patents

  • 11

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 3

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Drift Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-11115353-B1 Conversational bot interaction with utterance ranking Active 09-Mar-2021 000000000 00
US-10930272-B1 Event-based semantic search and retrieval Active 15-Oct-2020 00000000000 00
US-10930285-B1 Selecting a response in a multi-turn interaction between a user and a conversational bot Active 14-Jul-2020 000000000
US-10818293-B1 Selecting a response in a multi-turn interaction between a user and a conversational bot Active 14-Jul-2020 000000000 00
GB-0408585-D0 Flow control mechanism for a downhole tool Granted 17-Oct-2001 E21B17/1014
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Drift Executive Team (22)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
David Cancel Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jim Kelliher Chief Financial Officer
Elias Torres Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Alex Lemieux Partner Delivery Consultant
Bart Hammond Chief Customer Officer
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Drift Board Members (1)

Name Representing Role Since
00000 00000 Self Board Member 000 0000
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Drift Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Drift Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Drift Acquisitions (3)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000 00000 0 16-Oct-2018 0000000000 Communication Software
00000000 04-Sep-2018 0000000000 Business/Productivity Software 00000 000
Fetchnotes 13-Apr-2015 Merger/Acquisition Application Software 00000 000
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Drift Subsidiaries (2)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Giant Otter Technologies Communication Software Somerville, MA 2013
0000000000 Application Software Kentwood, MI 0000
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