Reo.Dev Raises $1.2M Pre-Seed Round Led by India Quotient for Revenue Intelligence Solutions

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Piyush Agarwal, Gaurav Jain and Achintya Gupta

Bengaluru, February 27, 2024 – Reo.Dev, a trailblazing revenue intelligence firm specializing in developer-focused go-to-market strategies, has secured $1.2 million in pre-seed funding, with India Quotient leading the investment round. Notable angel investors within the developer infrastructure industry, including Adam Frankl, former VP of marketing at JFrog and Sourcegraph, Savin Goyal of Netflix and Outerbounds, and Shraddha Gupta of Hasura, also participated in the funding round. This collective backing underscores the industry’s acknowledgment of Reo.Dev’s potential to revolutionize sales tactics for developer-centric companies.

In today’s rapidly evolving AI-driven technology landscape, developers are emerging as pivotal decision-makers in technology acquisitions. The 2023 StackOverflow Survey revealed that 66% of developers wield significant influence over technology acquisitions within their organizations. Additionally, The Boston Consulting Group’s report on ‘The Growing Influence of Developers in Enterprise Tech Sales’ has emphasized this trend, highlighting the increasing impact developers have on purchasing decisions.

Reo.Dev is developing an AI-powered marketing stack, a groundbreaking product aimed at empowering tech companies where developers play a vital role in product purchase decisions. By leveraging AI to analyze developer intent signals sourced from millions of open-source, public, and first-party data, Reo.Dev enables companies to expedite their sales processes and effectively adapt to the evolving dynamics of the modern tech market.

Achintya Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of Reo.Dev, underscored the evolving nature of sales processes, stating, “The sales processes for new age tech companies are changing. Historically, there was just the business buyer who was a key decision maker. But now there is an additional, increasingly influential buyer – the developer or the tech user. We feel the sales tooling for this changed GTM motion will be fundamentally different and we are building for that.”

Anand Lunia, General Partner at India Quotient, expressed confidence in Reo.Dev’s potential, stating, “Developers are driving the next trillion dollar infra and AI wave. We have seen changing buyer behavior always calls for new sales software and we felt Reo.Dev will be the right team to build this.”

For developer-focused companies, understanding purchase intent hinges on developer activity around their products. However, this activity is often concealed and dispersed across various channels, posing a significant challenge for companies seeking to identify genuine interest. Reo.Dev addresses this challenge by uncovering and consolidating hidden developer activity, effectively converting it into actionable insights for sales and marketing teams. This invaluable intel enables sales teams to identify accounts with the highest likelihood of converting while empowering marketing teams to enhance the ROI of their campaigns.

Reo.Dev’s leadership team comprises Achintya Gupta, Gaurav Jain, and Piyush Agarwal, all boasting extensive entrepreneurial experience. Before founding Reo.Dev, Piyush’s edtech AI startup was acquired by Byju’s, Achintya had co-founded a dev tool startup, and Gaurav served as the co-founder and CTO at a fintech startup.