Retention Science has raised $7 million to help businesses keep customers
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Retention Science, a Santa Monica, Calif-based retention marketing firm, has raised $7 million in Series A financing. Upfront Ventures led the round with participation from investors that included Baroda Ventures, Forerunner Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, the firm has appointed Greg Bettinelli of Upfront Ventures and Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures to its board of directors.

To help marketers understand and generate additional business from existing customers, WaJao Inc., better known as Retention Science, raised $7 million in Series A funding, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned. Chief Executive Jerry Jao, a Retention Science co-founder, said Upfront Ventures led the investment joined by his companyโ€™s earlier backersโ€“Baroda Ventures, Forerunner Ventures and Mohr Davidow Venturesโ€“and angel investors. According to a Retention Science study of 163 e-commerce companies in English-language markets, 67% of an online sellerโ€™s revenue comes from 32% of its existing, or returning customers. Yet a majority of spending by marketers, even beyond e-commerce, goes towards customer acquisition and โ€œgrowth hacking,โ€ Mr. Jao says. That means companies have been willing to spend on drumming up new business but havenโ€™t realized the โ€œrevenue goldmineโ€ of keeping existing customers happy.

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