Best Sales Force Automation Companies in Illinois, United States
The 114 best Sales Force Automation companies in Illinois, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ActiveCampaign.
Ranked: Best Sales Force Automation companies in Illinois
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ActiveCampaign 🦄 Platform offering sales, CRM and email marketing automation software | $363M | 62 mo ago | 705 705 → 839 (+19%) | 2003 | Jason VandeBoom Founder & CEO | Craft CMSSentryAtlassian Statuspage+29 | — | 1 award |
| 2 | SpringCM Cloud enterprise content and contract management solutions | $136M | 95 mo ago | 161 | 2005 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Mediafly SaaS based content management software solutions for sales teams | $131M | 33 mo ago | 112 112 → 139 (+24%) | 2006 | Carson Conant Founder | WordPressVisual ComposerElementor+48 | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | Vistex Platform offering channel management solutions | $105M | 70 mo ago | 352 | 1999 | Amos Biegun CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailNode.js+25 | — | — |
| 5 | SAVO Provider of digital marketing and custom software development services | $93M | 144 mo ago | 136 | 1999 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | DialogTech Call analytics and workflow automation platform | $76M | 72 mo ago | 258 | 2005 | Irv Shapiro Founder & Executive Chairman | — | 22 patents Advanced call tracking, analytics, and fraud detection for telephony and marketing platforms | — |
| 7 | Civis Analytics Platform offering predictive analytics solutions for enterprises | $73M | 56 mo ago | 169 | 2013 | Dan Wagner Founder & CEO | — | 19 patents Predictive audience modeling and causal advertising analytics for data-driven marketing | — |
| 8 | Channel Wave PRM for channel sales | $60M | 293 mo ago | — | 1997 | Christian Heidelberger CEO | — | — | — |
| 9 | Logik Platform offering product configuration solutions for e-commerce businesses | $54M | 20 mo ago | 70 | 2017 | Christopher Shutts CoFounder and CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — | — |
| 10 | Base CRM Sales productivity and CRM software | $53M | 128 mo ago | 125 | 2009 | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | MARKT PILOT Provider of automated spare parts pricing software for machine manufacturers | $50M | 25 mo ago | 68 | 2020 | Alex Morbe CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22 | — | 1 job opening |
| 12 | BigMachines Provider of cloud-based configure, price, quote (CPQ) application for sales teams | $31M | 163 mo ago | 250 | 2000 | — | JavaOracle WebLogic ServerjQuery UI+3 | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 13 | XSELL Technologies AI powered customer engagement platform through chat and messaging | $25M | 70 mo ago | 190 | 2011 | Matthew Coughlin CEO & Founder | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — | — |
| 14 | Rapleaf Real-Time Data and Emails verifications | $17M | 177 mo ago | 11 | 2006 | Vivek Sodera Co-Founder | — | 4 patents Online identity resolution and email domain reputation scoring systems | — |
| 15 | Buildout Marketing automation platform for the commercial real estate industry | $8M | 71 mo ago | 90 | 2011 | Jason Tillery Co-founder & Board Member | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+30 | — | — |
| 16 | Detective AI-powered GTM platform: Identify, score, and target ideal customers | $6M | 108 mo ago | 84 | 2012 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | 4Degrees Provider of relationship intelligence and deal flow software for private markets | $2M | 60 mo ago | 15 | 2017 | Ablorde Ashigbi Founder & CEO | WebflowKnockout.jscore-js+17 | — | — |
| 18 | NativeERP Provider of a unified platform for real estate business management | $2M | 86 mo ago | — | 2018 | Adi Argov Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — |
| 19 | PicUp Mobile Platform offering Customer engagement solutions | $2M | 40 mo ago | 24 | 2015 | Ofir Oron Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — |
| 20 | RepIQ Email lead nurturing solutions | $1M | 106 mo ago | 7 | 2016 | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | NuOffer Domain name marketplace facilitating secure transactions with flexible payment options | $800K | 148 mo ago | — | 2012 | Imraan Ali Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | Letter AI AI-powered sales enablement platform | $500K | 3 mo ago | — | 2023 | Armen Forget Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowVimeoAmazon Web Services+16 | — | 2 job openings |
| 23 | MTC Performance SaaS solution for Incentive Management | $400K | 148 mo ago | 24 | 1994 | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | CloudERD Entity Relationship diagram builder for Salesforce | $375K | 166 mo ago | — | 2011 | Neeraj Shah CEO | — | — | — |
| 25 | Woobot.io Sales enablement tool for Slack | $150K | 77 mo ago | 11 | 2016 | Brandon Oelling Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 26 | Coast Provider of a platform for creating and sharing API product demonstrations | $125K | 60 mo ago | 3 | 2021 | Spencer Levitt Co-Founder | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+17 | — | — |
| 27 | Rhetora Cloud and AI based cold calling sales enablement solutions for sales teams | $120K | 33 mo ago | 6 | 2022 | Luka Eric Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Sales Force Automation companies in Illinois
#1
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2017 · 70 employees$53.8Mraised▾
Platform offering product configuration solutions for e-commerce businesses. It offers a configuration engine built for administration and sales productivity. It is an omnichannel e-commerce platform that provides headless configuration technology. It helps companies provide pricing information for product configurations.
- Oct 2024Series B$25M
- May 2023Series A$16M
- Sep 2021Seed$12.8M
#2
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2023$500Kraised▾
AI-powered sales enablement platform. It provides content and training for sales representatives to close deals. It leverages AI technology to create interactive and personalized enablement materials, empowering field teams and customers.
- Feb 2026Series B$40M
- Oct 2025Series A$10.6M
- 2023Seed$500K
#3
Series D · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2006 · 112 employees$131.3Mraised▾
SaaS based content management software solutions for sales teams. It provides a platform for users that includes features drag-and-drop content or import content through integrations with existing solutions and distributes multiple content formats such as PDF, audio, video, and PPT. It also provides a SalesKit app that lets sales representatives access content, track content being used and recommends relevant materials, and lets users customize content using a presentation builder. Customers include Pepsico, Sony, SC Johnson, MillerCoors, GE Healthcare, Disney, and Charles Schwab.
- Aug 2023Series D$80M
- Apr 2022Series C—
- Nov 2021Series C$10M
- Jan 2021Conventional Debt—
#4
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2020 · 68 employees$49.8Mraised▾
Provider of automated spare parts pricing software for machine manufacturers. This software offers solutions for market pricing and lead time data collection, as well as optimized price recommendations. The software is designed to support data-driven decision-making and strategic planning, ultimately contributing to revenue growth. It provides access to comprehensive market data and tailored pricing suggestions, supported by expert consultants. The platform includes tools for automated research and manual deep dives, ensuring a thorough and accurate pricing strategy.
- Apr 2024Series A$43M
- Apr 2022Seed$6.8M
#5
Series C · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2003 · 705 employees$362.7Mraised▾
Platform offering sales, CRM, and email marketing automation software. The platform enables marketers to create newsletters and email campaigns using a drag and drop email designer and adding images and other forms of content. It also enables the creation of entire sequences of email messages that run completely on autopilot, track contacts action on websites, within custom applications, and within the campaigns. It provides contact management, lead management, CPQ management, and task management solutions to its users. Clients include Boutique Hotel Seven Days, Thrive Themes, Approve Me, and Codal.
- Apr 2021Series C$240M
- Jan 2020Series B$102.7M
- Oct 2016Series A$20M
#6
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2013 · 169 employees$73.5Mraised▾
Platform offering predictive analytics solutions for enterprises to leverage the huge amount of data to gain business insights. The platform workflow starts from collecting data, matching, transforming data using a matching algorithm, predicting using machine learning. The application media optimizer enables firms to reduce ad spend, enhance conversion by targeting the right customers. It has roots in political campaign targeting and now is partnering with media, education, healthcare, etc.
- Sep 2021Series B$30.7M
- Dec 2020Series A$20.8M
- Nov 2016Series A$22M
- 2013Angel—
#7
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2005 · 161 employees$136.1Mraised▾
SpringCM provides cloud enterprise content and contract management solutions for businesses. It features on-demand workflow automation and document management for the legal and sales team in a web-based environment. The platform manages the contract lifecycle from contract creation through negotiation, approvals, signature, archiving, and renewals. The product includes workflow, mobile, and security features that eliminate time-consuming manual steps in critical business processes. It integrates with Salesforce and provides visibility into the status of contracts. Its major clients are ADP, Aetna, AthenaHealth, and CableOne.
- Jun 2018Conventional Debt$10.5M
- Feb 2017Series E$25M
- Jun 2016Conventional Debt—
- Jun 2016Series D$17.5M
#8
Series D · Hoffman Estates, Illinois · founded 1999 · 352 employees$105Mraised▾
Platform offering channel management solutions. The platform allows members to gain visibility into the programs and manage the channel partners. It offers ERP software and go to market services for end customers. Its software manages pricing, trade, royalties and incentives, rebates, and chargebacks as part of an overall enterprise management system.
- Aug 2020Series D—
- Jan 2019Series D$105M
- Sep 2010Grant (prize money)$153.9K
- Sep 2008Grant (prize money)$645.9K
#9
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2005 · 258 employees$76Mraised▾
DialogTech provides call analytics and workflow automation platform. It connects, measures, and optimizes sales and service calls for businesses and organizations. DialogTech's VBMA solutions capture and manage phone leads. The product suite is a set of software-as-a-service applications including call tracking, hosted IVR (interactive voice response), call routing, virtual call center and voice broadcasting. The company aims to widen its brand beyond telephones. Major customers include Zendesk, Uber, and Sotheby’s International Realty.
- May 2020Series D$2.5M
- Aug 2015Conventional Debt$10M
- Sep 2014Series D$30M
- Jan 2014Series C$9M
#10
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 1999 · 136 employees$93.1Mraised▾
Provider of digital marketing and custom software development services. The company delivers cohesive strategies for organizations. Services include search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising, content marketing, and data analytics. The company also builds custom, mobile-first websites and scalable, high-performance applications tailored to operational needs.
- Jun 2014Series D$49.1M
- Jun 2013Conventional Debt$10M
- Jun 2011Series B$14M
- Jul 2008Series B$10M
#11
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2009 · 125 employees$52.9Mraised▾
Base is a web-based, mobile-enabled sales management application for sales analytics, lead management and customer records management. The product also offers mobile geo-location services to find customers in real time, BaseVoice to make calls and capture calls from any device, sales pipeline tracking, tracking sales goals, contact and account management for each sale, lead management integrated with social networks along with insights visualization tools. Integrates with Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Outlook etc. It offers a subscription-based pricing policy. Its major clients are Expensify, Blue Raven Solar, and Museum Hack.
- Sep 2015Series C$30M
- Mar 2014Series B$15M
- May 2012Series B$6.9M
- Feb 2011Series A$1M
#12
Deadpooled · Cambridge, Illinois · founded 1997$60.5Mraised▾
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