API integration Startups

Outbound was an event-based customer communication platform founded by Josh Weisberg and Drew in 2013 to solve their own pain at GetAround. Rather than using email lists, it triggered messages based on customer actions inside products. The company stayed lean with just 5 people, grew to over 100 customers doing well north of $30k MRR, and was acquired by Zendesk in May 2017 for significant leverage on their $2.1M raise.

Encompass Corporation, founded in 2012 by Wayne Johnson, is a RegTech SaaS platform that automates Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance and due diligence for legal, accounting, and banking sectors. The company grew to 250 customers across London, Glasgow, and Sydney offices, generating south of $1M monthly revenue with 34% quarterly growth, 3% annual revenue churn, and strong unit economics ($75k CAC, 15-21 month payback). Growth is driven primarily by direct sales and increasingly by channel partnerships with revenue-sharing agreements.

Maddermore is an AI-powered SaaS platform designed to help remote sales managers improve team engagement and reduce sales rep stress through behavioral science and data integration. Co-founded by Matt Schenker (licensed therapist and management trainer) and an enterprise sales veteran, the company is currently in beta after a year of research involving 400+ sales team interviews. With a newly onboarded founding CTO from medical AI, they aim to launch an MVP within 6-9 months while running paid pilots with existing customers.