Leading US software\ninvestor, Five Elms Capital, is investing US$30 million in Skynamo, a South\nAfrican field sales app and management platform provider. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skynamo will use the\ninvestment to accelerate adoption of its field sales mobile app and cloud-based\nmanagement platform, while scaling up operations to improve service to its\nrapidly growing customer base in the US, UK and Southern Africa. Skynamo serves\nits customers from their Stellenbosch, Johannesburg, Durban and London offices\nand has chosen Atlanta as its US headquarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skynamo increases sales\nrep productivity and effectiveness by digitising paper-based processes,\nautomating administrative tasks and enabling easy access to customer and\nproduct information in the field. GPS technology provides managers with a\nreal-time view of sales activity and sales rep effectiveness in the field, so\nthey can coach their reps remotely. Field sales teams using Skynamo typically\ndouble \u2013 and in some cases triple \u2013 the number of customers they visit per week\nand increase revenue by up to 20% in the first year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The provider integrates\nwith ERP and accounting software, such as Sage, Acumatica, SAP, Xero and\nQuickbooks, to provide field sales reps with the latest product and customer\ninformation and order history while on the road or onsite at a customer.\nSkynamo\u2019s integration capability streamlines the ordering process and improves\norder accuracy, order fulfilment and time to invoice for field sales teams on\nthe road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve backed Skynamo\nbecause we are convinced it has the perfect combination of strong value\nproposition and a relentless culture of delighting both customers and employees\nto become the leader in field sales technology,\u201d said Fred Coulson, Managing\nPartner of Five Elms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike other CRM and\nsales automation applications, Skynamo is a mobile-first application designed\nto provide a better end-user experience for mobile users. Mobile-first design\nensures data entry is easier \u2013 improving the volume and quality of data\ncollected in the field. Offline capability enables users to continue working on\ntheir mobile devices even without internet access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cField sales reps have been left out in the cold by the technology industry for far too long,\u201d said Sam Clarke, CEO of Skynamo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBy putting all time-saving functionality and accurate information in\nthe palm of their hands via our mobile app, Skynamo transforms sales teams from\norder-takers to value-adding consultants to their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephanie Brown, Partner at Five Elms,\nadded: \u201cThe field sales industry is in a state of disruption; both businesses\nand field sales professionals need to adopt new technologies to survive the\ndigital shift. Skynamo is the best platform to help field sales teams become\nmore knowledgeable by providing quick and accurate answers while onsite with\ncustomers.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leading US software investor, Five Elms Capital, is investing US$30 million in Skynamo, a South African field sales app and management platform provider. Skynamo will use the investment to accelerate adoption of its field sales mobile app and cloud-based management platform, while scaling up operations to improve service to its rapidly growing customer base in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":31602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,399,19,260,183,9059,262],"tags":[515,12348,1252,790,517,12347,12350,745,6776,12349,271,12351,188,10040,453,825,12352,6343],"class_list":["post-31601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-more-news","category-regional-news","category-regional-news-newsletter","category-software","category-south-africa","category-used","tag-acumatica","tag-atlanta","tag-crm","tag-durban","tag-erp","tag-five-elms-capital","tag-fred-coulson","tag-johannesburg","tag-london","tag-quickbooks","tag-sage","tag-sam-clarke","tag-sap","tag-skynamo","tag-south-africa","tag-stellenbosch","tag-stephanie-brown","tag-xero"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31604,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31601\/revisions\/31604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}