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InsideSales.com to create more than 120 Irish jobs

Written by Robert McHugh, on 18th Jan 2017. Posted in Ireland

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Global company, InsideSales.com have today announced their expansion into Ireland.

InsideSales is looking to grow its presence in Ireland and is evaluating locations in which, based on current plans, the company could hire more than 120 professionals for its product development and engineering, sales and sales operations and back office teams over the next three years. The company has a long-term goal to create a worldwide InsideSales.com centre of excellence for AI and machine learning in Ireland.

The company has also announced a new growth equity round of investment that includes the participation of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund as well as the signing of a new partnership with Ireland’s Insight Centre for Data Analytics.

The Insight Centre for Data Analytics is a joint initiative between researchers at Dublin City University, NUI Galway, University College Cork, University College Dublin and other partner institutions. The goal for InsideSales’ partnership with Insight Centre is to help advance data science and machine learning as an emerging highly skilled industry in Ireland. A formal internship programme will be established with a goal of advancing the careers of top data science and engineering interns annually from within the Irish University system.

Speaking today, Managing Director at InsideSales.com, Martin Moran said, "The expansion of our operations in Ireland signals the commitment we’re making both to Ireland and to expanding support for our growing international customer base. Building a research and development hub in the region will allow us to capitalise on new pools of talent." 

InsideSales.com also announced today the close of a $50 million growth equity round, led by returning investor Polaris Partners with support from Microsoft, also a returning investor. New investors include QuestMark Partners and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. Existing venture investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Hummer Winblad, U.S. Venture Partners, Epic Ventures, and Zetta Venture partners also participated. The round brings the company’s total venture capital funding to over $250 million.

Source: www.businessworld.ie

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