Viking Global Investors and Blue Cloud Ventures led the $87.5m Series C round in Cognism.

Viking Global Investors, an investment management company, and Blue Cloud Ventures, a venture capital fund, led the $87.5m Series C round in Cognism, a B2B sales acceleration software company, with the participation from AXA Venture Partners, Swisscom Ventures and Volution. "No other software company offers a truly global sales intelligence platform like Cognism. By pairing our premium quality contact data with advanced contextual data points like technographics and buyer intent signals, we help modern revenue teams connect with confidence and exceed targets. Our goal is to enable companies to build a meaningful connection with their next best customer in the most predictable, efficient, and cost-effective way. We’re delighted to welcome Viking Global Investors as our new lead investor. The funding will help us empower many more businesses with international sales intelligence over the coming years, setting a new standard in data quality and compliance. It will accelerate our growth and global expansion plans as the leading provider of intelligent B2B sales data," James Isilay, Cognism CEO.