Urban Airship Lands $25 Million to Further Accelerate Global Growth of its Rapidly Expanding Customer Engagement Platform - Seite 2

"Urban Airship is battle-tested by many of the world's largest enterprises and now rapid product advancements are bringing its expertise in customer engagement and real-time data to every channel serving today's modern CMO," said Chris Moody, partner, Foundry Group. "Foundry Group and True Ventures have been investors since the earliest rounds at Urban Airship. From senior leadership and product innovation to customer support, it is clear that Urban Airship has the most comprehensive offering today."

In just the last year, Urban Airship has made giant strides in bringing its real-time data and multichannel customer engagement platform to market:

• Signed new enterprise customers using multiple channels and customer data solutions, including: AMC Entertainment Holdings, Magazine Luiza, Royal Automobile Club, Shiftgig and The Heat Group
  
  
• Launched the industry's only open orchestration platform that easily integrates any channel in the martech stack and connects any existing database or analytic tool
  
  
• Added native support for email, bringing a new level of customer responsiveness with real-time behavioral triggers 
  
  
• Added native SMS to provide even more options for businesses to connect with their customers
  
  
• Worked with Google Pay to create ticketing and boarding pass experiences that reset customer expectations for travel, hospitality and entertainment businesses
  
  
• Released AI-based predictive tools to optimize cross-channel engagement and message timing while adding a new real-time dimension to predictive lifecycle marketing analytics
  
  
• Launched a beta program for Alexa voice notifications
  
  
• Introduced technology to directly embed automation and rich messages into mobile apps to instantly reach customers based on multiple in-the-moment behaviors
  
  
• Added to its growing presence in Portland, San Francisco, New York and London with an office in New Delhi

About Urban Airship
Urban Airship® is trusted by thousands of businesses to drive growth through real time customer engagement. Every day, marketers and developers depend on Urban Airship to deliver billions of personalized, interactive notifications that inspire interest and drive action across all digital channels including apps, websites, mobile wallets, email, SMS and more. Urban Airship is used by many of the world's most admired companies, including Adidas, Alaska Airlines, The Home Depot, NBCUniversal, Sky Plc and Zillow. For more information, visit www.urbanairship.com, read our blog and follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn.