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Universal Avenue
https://www.universalavenue.com/Last activity: 26.11.2018
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Universal Avenue is a global Brand Ambassador and Customer Acquisition solution that accelerates the growth of innovative solutions, through an on-demand direct sales force that can be activated instantly in any location around the world.
They look at sales from the perspective of representation – selecting and training talent to become Brand Ambassadors for leading online brands.
Universal Avenue are creating a new way of working – their Brand Ambassadors are located all over the world, set their own schedule and are free to work wherever they choose to travel. Together they form a distributed network that gives brands the freedom to grow in any market, at any time.
The company is headquartered in Stockholm, with offices in Greece and the UK.
They look at sales from the perspective of representation – selecting and training talent to become Brand Ambassadors for leading online brands.
Universal Avenue are creating a new way of working – their Brand Ambassadors are located all over the world, set their own schedule and are free to work wherever they choose to travel. Together they form a distributed network that gives brands the freedom to grow in any market, at any time.
The company is headquartered in Stockholm, with offices in Greece and the UK.
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $21M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | MOOR Holdi... | moorholdin... |
| - | Brightly V... | brightlyve... |
| - | Northzone ... | northzone.... |
| - | SUP46 | SUP46.com/ |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.11.2018 | - | $6M | - |
| 11.07.2016 | Series A | $10M | - |
| 01.09.2015 | - | $5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 19
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.11.2018 | Universal Avenue Secures US$6M; Acquires Varvet | Universal Avenue, a Stockholm, Sweden-based provider of a digitalization platform, secured an additional US$6m in funding through a stock convertible bond. Moor Capital made the investment. Simultaneously, one of the previously acquired bon... |
| 23.11.2018 | Swedish startup Universal Avenue raises $6 million and acquires digital agency Varvet | Stockholm-based startup Universal Avenue that specialises on digitalisation of small and medium businesses has raised $6 million through a stock convertible bond from MOOR Capital and acquired the digital agency Varvet. Carl-Johan Kihlbom, ... |
| 23.11.2018 | Swedish startup Universal Avenue, a digitisation platform for SMEs, scales up with the acquisition of Varvet | Stockholm-based Universal Avenue, a business digitisation and customer acquisition platform, is scaling-up with the acquisition of the Swedish digital agency Varvet. The deal is a strategic move aimed at improving Universal Avenue’s technic... |
| 12.07.2016 | Universal Avenue raises $10 million to support businesses post-Brexit, plans US expansion | Universal Avenue, a platform for on-demand sales professionals, has raised $10 million in a Series A round to provide its services to UK businesses post-Brexit vote as well as expand into the US. The round was led by Eight Roads, an investm... |
| 12.07.2016 | Northzone-backed Universal Avenue Raises $10M Funding | Sweden-based Universal Avenue, an on-demand direct salesforce startup, has secured $10 million in funding, according to an announcement on its site. The company’s backers include Eight Roads Ventures, Northzone, Moor and Salesforce Ventures... |
| 12.07.2016 | On-Demand Sales Service Universal Avenue Raises $10M in Series A Funding | Universal Avenue, a Stockholm, Sweden-based on-demand sales service, has raised $10m in its series A funding round. The round was led by Eight Roads, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Limited, with participation from ... |
| 11.07.2016 | On-demand sales force Universal Avenue closes $10M Series A | Universal Avenue, the Stockholm-headquartered startup that lets companies access a local sales force on demand, has closed a deal of its own. The company has raised $10 million in fresh Series A funding, adding to the $5 million “extension”... |
| 01.06.2016 | The Nordic Startup Awards 2016 – Grand Finale winners | The Nordic Startup Awards grand finale took place in the Harpa Center in Reykjavik, Iceland, and hosted collaboration with Icelandic Startups. Attendees from all over the Nordics gathered to celebrate the best startups, accelerators, and in... |
| 09.05.2016 | 10 takeaways from Startup Day 2016 | On April 23, in packed Münchenbryggeriet in Sweden, Startup Day 2016 through open the doors to the Swedish startup scene. The event included 10 keynote speakers with a well-maintained gender balance, an Impact Expo offering resources for gr... |
| 05.05.2016 | Nordic Startup Awards finalists announced | The semi-finals of the Nordic Startup Awards are now finished. This series of events promotes and celebrates startups in the Nordic region. Country winners are chosen for each country, and the finalists move upwards to a grand ceremony held... |
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