PressOne Africa, a startup with a one-of-a-kind device that allows entrepreneurs to monitor all business calls while on the go, has announced the completion of her $600,000 pre-seed round. Ventures Platform led the investment, with Voltron Capital and a group of exceptional angels also participating.
PressOne, founded by Mayowa Okegbenle and Opeyemi Shokunbi, provides world-class reporting and call monitoring to help entrepreneurs get the most out of every client conversation. Business owners can use the PressOne app to monitor all client phone conversations made by staff or team members from wherever, exactly like major organisations.
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PressOne Africa, a startup with a unique device that allows entrepreneurs to monitor all business calls on the move, has announced the completion of her $600,000 pre-seed round. Ventures Platform led the investment, including participation from Voltron Capital and a group of star angels.
PressOne, founded by Mayowa Okegbenle and Opeyemi Shokunbi, provides world-class reporting and call monitoring to help entrepreneurs maximise the value of every client conversation. With the PressOne app, business owners can monitor all client phone conversations made by staff or team members from anywhere, exactly like major organisations.
Business owners may manage consumer interactions with PressOne from their PC and mobile devices. They can also monitor phone conversations, follow up appropriately, handle customer calls more effectively, increase sales, and decrease customer turnover. Team members can share a single PressOne phone number, and business calls can be recorded and monitored for quality assurance purposes. Customers can receive outstanding customer care from small firms that use PressOne because teams can communicate with accountability.
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According to Mayowa Okegbenle, CEO of PressOne Africa, there has been a lot of innovation in messaging, but phone conversations are still the major channel for creating new client relationships and closing deals. Entrepreneurs now have real-time visibility into all of those calls with PressOne, allowing them to appropriately manage customer support activities and sales.
“We are excited to be backing Mayowa and Ope as they enable millions of businesses in Africa to stay more connected to their customers. In time, Pressone will enable tomorrow’s most successful and beloved brands and businesses to unlock deeper, and more personal relationships with their customers. We’re at a tipping point in the evolution of customer service and businesses that will thrive within this new paradigm will be those who can listen deeply and attentively.” Kola Aina. Founding Partner, Ventures Platform.
Opeyemi Shokunbi, the CTO of PressOne says, “We built our platform to democratize the complex technology of owning a business phone number that allows entrepreneurs manage all customer interactions on a single platform, share one business number with team members, receive multiple calls at the same time and with the same number from multiple devices anywhere”.
PressOne gives entrepreneurs more control and visibility into their client engagement, allowing them to improve customer happiness and retention.
PressOne’s beta programme began in June 2022, with hundreds of entrepreneurs helping to develop the service.
To get started, go to www.pressone.africa, where subscriptions start at $1,499 per month.
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Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer, who has several years of experience working in Africa’s burgeoning tech startup industry. He has closed multi-million dollar deals bordering on venture capital, private equity, intellectual property (trademark, patent or design, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, in countries such as in the Delaware, New York, UK, Singapore, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, Nigeria etc. He’s also a corporate governance and cross-border data privacy and tax expert.
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