Sharpen Technologies Inc. Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators
Sharpen is a contact centre platform built for the enterprise. Sharpen is working with established market leaders and assertive forward-thinkers to deliver transformative customer experiences. The clarity, transparency, and focus of their platform let agents communicate with less friction and create a genuinely great customer experience in every contact.
They've started with a single mission to create a way to make interacting with customer service less painful. So, they built agent-centric software, which simplifies millions of connections with contact centres around the world.
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Recent Developments
In March 2020 Sharpen Technologies expanded its portfolio. As more and more employees are being ordered to shelter-in-place and work from home, Sharpen Technologies launched the Sharpen Quick Start program to enable businesses and nonprofits — stuck with legacy technology that can’t support work-at-home (WAH) agents — to quickly take advantage of the cloud.
In March 2019, Sharpen Technologies secured $15 million in capital growth funding from Investors: Allos Ventures LLC, Cultivation Capital, Elevate Ventures, Jupiter Peak LLC, Collina Ventures, IU PhV, F&M Investment Office LLC, and Lightchain LLC, the family office of Rodger Riney, founder and former CEO of Scottrade.
A cloud-based solution CX allows companies to write and modify their apps within Sharpen’s environment without the need to provision or manage servers for any application or backend. The programming language ensures Sharpen’s platform to remain secure while is giving companies better access to the data they need and providing customers with actually proactive support.
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Customers in ARTW Customer Database
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Sharpen Technologies Inc. Overview
Ownership: - x
Number of Employees: 175
Functional Markets: CRM,
Key Verticals: Automotive, Banking and Financial Services, Communication, Construction, Real Estate, Consumer Packaged Goods, Distribution, K552, Higher Education, Federal Government, State and Local Government, Public Safety, Healthcare, Life Insurance, P&C Insurance, Specialty Insurance, Leisure and Recreation, Hospitality, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media, Faith-Based Nonprofit, Youth and Elderly Care, Special Cause Nonprofit, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Professional Services, Retail, Transportation, Utilities,
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Key Enterprise and Cloud Applications
SharpenCX
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Revenues, $M:
| Type/Year | 2020 | 2021 | YoY Growth, % |
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| Total Revenues, $M | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| Enterprise Applications Revenues, $M | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| Cloud Applications Revenues, $M | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
* Enterprise Applications Revenues = License + Support & Maintenance + SaaS
** All revenue figures are estimates based on public records, Cloud and Non-Cloud business models in Apps Run The World's vendor database, and annual survey results including vendor feedback.
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Revenue Breakdown By Type, $M:
| Type | License | Prof. Services | Hardware | Support & Maintenance | SaaS | PaaS | IaaS | Other (Non Enterprise Application Revenues) | Total |
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| % of Total Revenues | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | 100% |
| Revenues, $M | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Enterprise Applications Revenues By Functional Markets, $M:
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Enterprise Applications Revenues By Verticals, $M:
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Revenues By Region, $M
| Region | % of Total Revenues | 2021 Total Revenues, $M | 2021 Enterprise Applications Revenues, $M | 2021 Cloud Applications Revenues, $M |
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| Americas | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| EMEA | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| APAC | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| Total | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Direct vs Indirect sales
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Sharpen Technologies Inc. Customers - Breakdown by Geo, Size, Vertical and Product
List of Verified Sharpen Technologies Inc. Customers
No. of Sharpen Technologies Inc. Customers: 250
No. of Sharpen Technologies Inc. Enterprise Applications Customers: 250
No. of Sharpen Technologies Inc. Cloud Customers: x
No. of Sharpen Technologies Inc. Cloud Subscribers: 25000
In 2018, Sharpen increased its new contract dollar amount by 700 percent and increased booked annual recurring revenues by 150 percent over the previous year. It also increased its contact center customer count by 80 percent over 2017. Among Sharpen customers are, Polywood, Grace College, OnPeak, Dittoe Public Relations, Chromebattery, Druva, Dorel, and many others.
Sharpen Technologies, experienced continued growth in the first half of Q4 2019, signing on a number of new clients in the financial, energy, health, and home improvement sectors, among others. Premium Service Brands, a national franchisor of home improvement services, decided to replace their old legacy premise system with Sharpen to take advantage of its flexibility and integration capabilities. Another new client, SafeAmerica, a $400 million community-chartered credit union serving approximately 35,000 members, chose to Sharpen for its easy-to-use omnichannel toolset that improves both their agent's and members' experiences.
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions
In November 2018 Sharpen Technologies and Telarus, a privately held technology services distributor in the U.S., signed a Master Agent agreement. The agreement enables the 4,000-member Telarus community of sales agents to offer Sharpen’s contact centre and unified communications solutions. Telarus sales agents can now connect potential customers with Sharpen account executives, who will then manage the sales process, including billing, deployment, services, and support.
Telarus has become a leader in its market by offering sales agents differentiated services that include real-time quotes on products, personalized support from industry experts, direct contracts with carrier partners, audited commissions, and home-grown software that maximizes efficiencies.
By the end of 2019, Sharpen Technologies put into motion its Consultant Liaison Program. The new initiative is designed to educate independent consultants on Sharpen’s scalable and secure platform which allows users to seamlessly transition between calls, texts, webchats, emails, social media, video, and more, all in real-time and all within a single interaction. Marsha Bailey, an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in the field, joins Sharpen as a director to develop and manage the program.
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Risks and Challenges
Contact Center is a rising market. There is a big competition in this market.
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI
Sharpen does primarily direct sales.
Sharpen Technologies Inc. Cloud Infrastructure Insights
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