{"id":48173,"date":"2024-09-04T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.demandgenreport.com\/?p=48173"},"modified":"2024-09-04T14:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:25:54","slug":"champion-raises-3-3m-to-enhance-customer-led-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.demandgenreport.com\/uncategorized\/champion-raises-3-3m-to-enhance-customer-led-growth\/48173\/","title":{"rendered":"Champion Raises $3.3M To Enhance Customer-Led Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.championhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champion<\/a>, an AI-powered customer advocacy platform, closed an oversubscribed $3.3 million seed founding round. The company plans to leverage the capital to improve its platform to help businesses identify and activate their hidden customer advocates.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Champion is designed to help marketing, sales and success teams build trust and drive measurable growth through referrals, references and expansion opportunities. With the funding, Champion plans to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepen its AI infrastructure to enhance platform capabilities;<\/li>\n<li>Expand its go-to-market across the enterprise; and<\/li>\n<li>Grow and support the customer marketing community through education and advocacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The future of B2B marketing is customer-first,&#8221; said Champion CEO Jeff Reekers, CEO of Champion, in a statement. &#8220;Buyers are tired of generic messages and impersonal tactics. They want to hear from real people who have used the product or service they\u2019re researching. 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