Draper Esprit fuels rapid growth of startup with £10M investment

Big News: Draper Esprit Puts £10M Into Aircall!*

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What’s Happening

Draper Esprit (a top venture partner for high‑growth tech) just dropped £10 million (≈ $14 million) into Aircall, a French cloud‑based call centre platform.

The round was Series B, boosting Aircall’s total funding to $40.5 M.

The fresh money will help the team speed up its cloud phone system, mash it into the tools businesses already use, and hire more senior talent in the U.S. and Europe.

Aircall in a Nutshell

Started in 2014 to make handling phone support a breeze.

Now offers:

Instant numbers in 20+ countries (actually 40+ today).

A collaborative phone app that lets teams share calls and easily follow‑up.

Seamless connections to any CRM or customer‑support tool.

Other Backers

Balderton Capital, NextWorld Capital, and Newfund joined the investment.

A Word From the CEO

Simon Cook, Draper Esprit CEO“We’re thrilled to partner with Aircall. With 3,000+ business customers worldwide, they’re one of the fastest‑growing cloud phone systems out there, and we’re excited to help them hit the next growth sprint.”“This investment adds to Draper Esprit’s momentum this year—after backing Ledger and Revolut—and we’re also putting our chips in fresh European seed funds, Join Capital and Icebreaker.”

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