Spara, a new enterprise‑grade platform designed to transform how businesses handle inbound sales, has launched with a $15 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Radical Ventures and Inspired Capital, with participation from XYZ Ventures, FJ Labs, Remarkable Ventures, and a group of strategic angel investors from leading technology companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Databricks, and G2.
The company is addressing a well‑known challenge in sales: most buyers of business‑to‑business and high‑value consumer products tend to purchase from the first vendor that responds to their inquiry. Yet many businesses lose potential revenue because of delays caused by limited sales staff availability, scheduling conflicts, and inefficient workflows. These bottlenecks mean that interested buyers often wait hours or even days for a response, during which time they may choose a competitor.
Spara's solution is to remove that waiting period entirely. Its AI agents, operating across voice, email, and chat, are designed to engage prospects the moment they show interest. Instead of filling out forms or waiting for a call back, potential customers can have their questions answered, be qualified as leads, and book meetings within minutes. This approach allows sales and marketing teams to operate at the speed and convenience buyers now expect.
Co‑founded by David Walker and Zander Pease, Spara takes a different approach from traditional telephony systems, generic chatbots, or rigid email sequences. For each client, the company builds a private, custom AI model trained on that business's unique sales process, brand voice, and qualification criteria. This ensures that the AI not only knows what to say, but also when to say it and in the right tone. The platform is powered by enterprise‑grade AI models, combining cutting‑edge language technology with the safety, accuracy, and compliance standards required in professional sales environments.
Early results from customers have been strong. At Rho, for example, Spara booked over 90 meetings in just 30 days, converting half of all qualified traffic, with an average time from initial chat to booked meeting of under three minutes. Across its early client base, Spara's AI agents typically respond within seconds -- a speed that can increase conversion rates tenfold compared to responses that take more than a minute.
How the funding will be used: This early‑stage funding will be used to grow the team, accelerate product development, and advance the platform's machine learning capabilities, including deeper integrations and expanded multimodal features.
KEY QUOTES:
"Outbound is oversaturated to the point of irrelevance, while inbound systems haven't evolved to meet modern buyer expectations. Spara is modernizing inbound and reshaping how products are sold. Companies spend millions driving traffic to their websites, but the majority of leads leave without ever getting their questions answered. Spara closes that gap by allowing sales teams to capture revenue the moment it shows up."
David Walker, co-founder and CEO of Spara
"Spara is rethinking the way companies connect with buyers from the ground up, with AI at the core of their approach. The team understands that the future of sales isn't more automation for sellers, but more immediacy and clarity for buyers. David and Zander combine deep sales and AI expertise to build the infrastructure every GTM team will need over the next decade."
Molly Welch, Partner at Radical Ventures
"David and Zander have the rare combination of deep GTM experience and technical fluency. As second time founders, they've lived the problem Spara is solving from all angles. Their clarity of vision stood out immediately."
Chris Brown of Inspired Capital