Cognism raised $87.5 million in a Series C round led by Viking Global Investors and Blue Cloud Ventures.

Cognism, London, UK-based B2B AI-powered sales acceleration platform, announced raising $87.5 million in a series C funding round.

The money was raised from investors led by new backers Viking Global Investors and Blue Cloud Ventures, joined by shareholders AXA Venture Partners and Swisscom Ventures.

Cognism, founded in 2015 by CEO James Isilay, provides organizations with compliant B2B data and a suite of sales acceleration tools to help action it. The company says it works with customers operating in 40+ countries around the globe, with 250 employees based in seven countries including the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Croatia, Macedonia, and Germany.

Cognism previously raised $12.5 million in 2021.

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