
Gradient, Partech lead a $3m seed round for Kaizo
Gradient Ventures and Partech have led a $3m seed funding round for Kaizo, a performance management platform developer.
The round also saw participation from several angel investors.
Partech deployed capital from its new seed fund – Partech Entrepreneur Fund III.
Entrepreneur and investor Christoph Auer-Welsbach, former partner at IBM Ventures, has joined Kaizo as a co-founder.
Company
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Kaizo develops a performance management platform for customer support teams that uses gamification and AI to improve operational efficiency and elevate teams' performance. The company claims that 500 companies currently use the Kaizo product. It employs 15 people, according to LinkedIn.
People
Partech – Romain Lavault (general partner).
Gradient Ventures – Darian Shirazi (general partner).
Kaizo – Christoph Auer-Welsbach (co-founder).
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