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Sailes funding, valuation and investors

AI sales agents (Sailebots) that automate enterprise prospecting and lead generation.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$5.1M · September 2023

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$5.1M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a · Kansas City, MO

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Lewis & Clark Ventures

Other: KCRise Fund , Acronym Venture Capital , Tenzing Capital , Valor Ventures

Sources: latest funding · startlandnews.com Last verified: 2026-07-26

Overview

Sailes builds AI agents (Sailebots) that automate prospecting across the enterprise sales lifecycle. Headquartered in Kansas City, MO (with a New York presence), the company closed a $5.1 million Series A in September 2023 led by St. Louis–based Lewis & Clark Ventures, with Acronym Venture Capital, Tenzing Capital, and follow-on from KCRise Fund and Valor Ventures — bringing total funding to about $6.6 million. Founded by enterprise sales operator Nick Smith.

Why Sailes is interesting

Kansas City AI sales automation company that raised a $5.1M Series A (Sep 2023) led by Lewis & Clark Ventures, with KCRise Fund following on — Sailebots for enterprise SDR workflows.

Product & use cases

AI prospecting agents that automate outbound research, outreach, and lead qualification for enterprise sales teams.

  • Enterprise SDR prospecting automation
  • Pipeline creation without linear headcount
  • Globally compliant outbound workflows

Key facts

  • Series A (Sep 2023): $5.1M led by Lewis & Clark Ventures (company / Startland News)
  • Follow-on from KCRise Fund; also Acronym, Tenzing Capital, Valor Ventures
  • Total funding ~$6.6M at announcement
  • Kansas City HQ with New York office

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2023-09 $5.1M
  • Lewis & Clark Ventures (lead)
  • KCRise Fund (participant)
  • Acronym Venture Capital (participant)
  • Tenzing Capital (participant)
  • Valor Ventures (participant)

Source: Read source · startlandnews.com

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Sailes's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

kcrise-fund

Competitive landscape

Edge: Full-lifecycle AI prospecting agents built by enterprise sales operators, with Midwest capital base.

  • Outreach / Salesloft adjacent

    Sales engagement platforms.

  • Apollo / ZoomInfo adjacent

    Data + sequencing tools.

  • Other AI SDR startups direct

    Autonomous outbound agents.

Industries

ai-ml enterprise-saas

Market / IPO context

Editorial / static context — not a live quote.

FAQs about Sailes

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AI Sailebots that automate enterprise sales prospecting and lead generation.
Kansas City, MO (also New York).
$5.1M in September 2023 led by Lewis & Clark Ventures.
KCRise Fund participated as a follow-on investor.
No — private as of July 2026.
series-a
About $6.6M.
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