CCaaS provider Talkdesk turns 10 this year. That’s right, come October, it will have been a decade since Tiago Paiva, Talkdesk founder and CEO, sat down and created the initial code in a hackathon that became the company he leads. More importantly, the company announced the close of its series D, bringing its valuation to more than $10 billion. The company raised $230 million in recent funding. Amity Ventures, Franklin Templeton, Top Tier Capital Partners, Viking Global Investors, and Willoughby Capital are among the existing investors in this round of funding, as are new investors Whale Rock Capital Management, TI Platform Management, and Alpha Square Group. This announcement brings Talkdesk’s total funding to $498M since its inception, not including the MacBook Paiva won in the hackathon.
