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Micronotes

50 Milk Street, 16th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, United States

Overview

Micronotes provides cloud-based big data, analytics, and digital engagement solutions to financial institutions, using AI and consumer engagement technologies to start conversations and build relationships. The company was founded by tech entrepreneurs from MIT and is based in Boston, MA. Its platform targets banks and credit unions that want to develop relationships and build trust with new and existing customers and members. Micronotes intends to use the new funding to accelerate growth in the community banking sector and help more communities get more out of their banking relationships. Financially, the company closed a $7.5M Series C, comprised of a $5.5M tranche led by Experian Ventures and a $2M extension led by BankTech Ventures. Micronotes is a cloud-based, AI-driven interview-marketing platform-as-a-service that uses machine learning to match and validate banking products and services with individual users. Founded by Devon Kinkead and Christian Klacko, both MIT Sloan alumni, the company focuses on helping financial institutions retain and deepen customer relationships and improve cross-selling through digital channels. Its automated digital interview platform applies AI to customer data to build personalized engagements within an estimated $1–2 billion segment. The company intends to use the funds to support rapid scaling of its platform, expanding sales, marketing and engineering. Micronotes is privately held and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The articles describe the business and growth plans but do not provide operating metrics such as revenue or user counts. Micronotes is a Cambridge, MA–based developer of direct marketing software that uses big-data analytics and interview technology to help digital-banking customers get more out of their banking relationships and to drive cross-sales for financial institutions. The company focuses on applying analytics and interview tech to improve customer engagement and marketing outcomes for banks. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Micronotes raised another $1 million of venture capital. Eleven separate investors participated in the offering. The article characterizes this as "another" $1 million, indicating the financing is additional to prior capital raises, though no prior-round details are provided in the article. The article does not disclose valuation, operating metrics, or use of proceeds. Micronotes builds interactive marketing tools that enable marketers to mass-produce digital sales calls. The company is based in Cambridge, MA and began as a research project at MIT. It completed a $1.65M venture financing to support its next phase. Micronotes will use the funding to accelerate product and market development. As part of the financing, several board additions were announced, signaling strengthened operational and academic oversight. The company is led by CEO Devon Kinkead.

Total raised
$8M
Funding rounds
4
Latest round
Series C
Latest activity
Aug 2023

Industries

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning
  • Marketing Automation
  • SaaS
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Recent funding

  1. Series C

    Aug 2023

    $2M

  2. Series B

    Apr 2018

    $3M

  3. Equity

    Jul 2013

    $1M

  4. Equity

    Jun 2010

    $2M

Team

  • Devon Kinkead

    Founder & CEO

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  • Christian Klacko

    President & Co-Founder