Ryan McDonough

Founder, Sometime Artist

CFO and co-founder @Accompany, acquired by @Cisco. Turnaround CFO @Ning, sold to Glam Media. Former seed VC. McKinsey trained. @Wharton School and @Haas School of Business.

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Accompany

Founded in 2013, Accompany was a relationship intelligence platform that developed real-time profiles for hundreds of millions of professional and companies. It was acquired in 2018 by Cisco Systems.

Accompany 2013-2018

Accompany developed comprehensive, real-time profiles for hundreds of millions of professionals, creating one of the richest databases of decision makers in the world. Our AI-driven database provided rich, relevant insights for millions of people and companies, so our users could always find the right people and build stronger relationships.

 

Founded in 2013 by Amy Chang, Matthias Ruhl, and Ryan McDonough. Accompany was headquartered in Los Altos, California. The company was backed by CRV, ICONIQ Capital, Ignition Partners, and Cowboy Ventures. Over the course of 3 funding rounds, Accompany raised $40.5M.

 

Accompany was acquired by Cisco Systems in May 2018 for for $270 million in cash and assumed equity awards.

Accompany – The Executive’s Best Friend.

Wish you had someone working through the night, constantly looking out for you, searching for information to make your days run more smoothly? Accompany delivers all your people and company research right to you so you can be ready for anything.

EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS

Meeting prep, delegated.

Anytime we detect someone new in your calendar, you’ll get an Executive Briefing delivered right to your inbox while you sleep. Everything you need to get up to speed, including professional history, relevant news, and key info on their company, is at your fingertips.

 

 

RICH CALENDAR

Put a face to the name in one tap.

So busy in back-to-back meetings you literally don’t even have time to use the bathroom? We get it. Let us help you get up to speed fast with everything you need on the person waiting for you in that conference room.

 

 

COMPANY INSIGHTS

Any data point, for any company. One tap.

Wish you had a horde of research analysts at your beck and call, waiting to serve you the latest insights on the companies that pique your interest? Financials, quarterly reports, and SEC filings are never more than a tap away.

 

 

CURATED NEWSFEED

Always be in the know.

Real time news feeds custom built around your contacts and the companies you care about. We’re talking about high signal to noise, objective news with no cat videos and no ads.

 

 

SMARTER GMAIL

Rich insights on your contacts right inside Gmail.

Are you drowning in email? The least we can do is throw you a life jacket. Let us help you figure out which emails even warrant a reply by showing you who those people are.

Desktop Experience

ENTERPRISE OFFERING

Leveraging the Accompany data platform for Enterprise insights. As Accompany amassed a massive database of person & company profiles, we realized Accompany could deliver insights no other service could offer.

Gain a competitive edge with insights you’ve never seen before.

Comprehensive, at-a-glance org maps are layered with proprietary insights, allowing you to quickly pinpoint important clients or prospects, competitive affiliations, rising stars, super-connectors and more within the client organization.

e.g., Who are the superconnectors in this prospect’s org who have shown more openness/propensity toward external tooling and ideas.

Discover prospects you can’t find anywhere else.

Accompany filters through billions of data points to help you identify and connect with the exact people you’re looking for, uncovering high-potential targets that others miss.

e.g., Find executives in Chicago, who are female, who have expressed an interest in socially-conscious investing or retirement planning.

Make it personal and keep those relationships tight.

Never miss an opportunity to reach out with real-time news, insights, and executive briefings on the people and companies in your network. Unlock effortless, one touch relationship management.

e.g., As soon as your client joins that new board, we send you a notification so you can be the first to say congrats.

Mobile Experience

Acquisition of Accompany by Cisco Systems in 2018

Cisco to acquire Accompany for $270 million in cash

On May 10th, 2018 Cisco announced the close of its acquisition of Accompani, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Los Altos, CA with an office in Portland, OR and does business under the name of “Accompany.”

 

Accompany develops a relationship intelligence platform and has built one of the richest databases of decision makers in the world. Their solutions are AI-driven and are designed to help users stay up to date on executive and company news for the purposes of prospecting, selling and relationship building.

 

Amy Chang, Accompany founder and CEO is now Cisco’s SVP for the Collaboration Technology Group, and as part of that move, she resigned from Cisco’s Board of Directors at time of announce.

 

Accompany technology provides Cisco’s Collaboration portfolio with relationship intelligence capabilities and talent. Accompany’s technology will help enhance the Cisco Webex platform and suite of services by adding intelligence and contextual user information into meeting and team collaboration experiences. This application can also potentially be extended into the Customer Journey solutions portfolio enabling customer service teams to have better insights on customers prior to their interactions.

 

The acquisition of Accompany will enable Cisco to utilize expert AI technology and talent to accelerate development across the collaboration portfolio. Upon completion of the transaction, Accompany employees will join Cisco’s Collaboration Technology Group under Amy’s leadership.

Accompany News Archive

TechCrunch   May 1, 2018
Cisco is acquiring business intelligence startup Accompany for $270M

Business Insider   May 1, 2018
This woman quit Google to found an AI startup — now she’s getting acquired by Cisco for $270 million

Silicon Valley Business Journal   May 1, 2018
Cisco to buy Silicon Valley AI-driven business intelligence startup for $270M

Entrepreneur   March 15, 2018
Are You Ready to Start a Company? Ask Yourself These 6 Questions.

Constellation Research   February 25, 2018
Constellation ShortList™ Sales Productivity Tools

Fortune   February 15, 2018
Founders of theSkimm, Rent the Runway, and Other Badass Women Share Their Top 5 Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Forbes   February 7, 2018
The Secret To Success? Do Less, Outsource More

Entrepreneur   January 4, 2018
15 Digital Tools and Apps to Jumpstart 2018

Inc.   December 19, 2017
20 Female-Founded Startups That Grew Like Crazy in 2017

AngelList   December 13, 2017
20 Female Founded Startups to Join in 2018

Southwest: The Magazine   December 1, 2017
Thanks to this virtual staff, you’ll always be prepared at work

Business Insider   November 25, 2017
250 startups that will boom in 2018, according to VCs

Marie Claire   October 11, 2017
New Guard 2017: Meet the Women Changing the World We Live In

Born2Invest   September 24, 2017
Woman to Watch: Data analytics leader Amy Chang

The Wall Street Journal   September 18, 2017
Boards Try Buddy System to Get Newcomers Up to Speed

Marie Claire   September 14, 2017
The Next Big Thing: The New Products a True Boss Needs in Her Life

Entrepreneur   August 27, 2017
The 5 Best Free Apps for Hustlers

Computer World   August 10, 2017
The best Google Chrome extensions of 2017

Business Insider   August 1, 2017
These 8 CEOs are changing the way we work

Entrepreneur   July 14, 2017
10 Most Innovative Movers and Shakers in Sales Leadership

Glassdoor   July 5, 2017
7 Apps That’ll Get You Closer to Your Dream Job This Month

Forbes   May 15, 2017
10 Apps That Will Increase Your Productivity

Startups.co   April 30, 2017
How I Became Artificially Intelligent (and how you can too)

The Next Web   March 15, 2017
5 Apps That Will Help Make Your Next Meeting So Much More Productive

Constellation Research   March 12, 2017
Constellation ShortList™ Sales Productivity Tools

PCMag   March 10, 2017
Business Power Tools: 8 Apps Skyhigh’s CEO Can’t Live Without

Realtor.com   February 28, 2017
Have your best meeting ever! Two apps that prepare you for anything

Mindmaven   February 23, 2017
Accompany Review: The Best Tool to Know What’s Going on in Your Network

Entrepreneur   February 10, 2017
17 Apps Every Entrepreneur Needs in 2017

TechCrunch   February 10, 2017
Ex-Googler (and Cisco’s newest board member) Amy Chang on her leap into startups

New York Post   January 30, 2017
These apps will revolutionize the way you do business

First Round   January 26, 2017
Snag the Best Advisors for Your Startup, from Best-selling Authors to Fortune 500 CEOs

Innovation Enterprise   January 16, 2017
4 Women-Founded Tech Startups To Watch In 2017

Business Insider   January 8, 2017
The 21 hottest female-founded startups to watch in 2017

The New York Times   December 31, 2016
Join Our Board: Companies Hotly Pursue New Wave of Women in Tech

VentureBeat   December 29, 2016
15 interesting startups to watch in 2017

TechCrunch   December 28, 2016
The 27 best startups that launched this year

TechCrunch   December 26, 2016
40 female founders who crushed it in 2016

GeekWire   December 5, 2016
Ignition leads $20M funding round for Accompany, an app that acts as a virtual chief of staff

Fortune   December 5, 2016
Accompany, a Mobile Chief of Staff Trying to Challenge LinkedIn, Raises More Cash

TechCrunch   December 5, 2016
Digital chief-of-staff app Accompany raises $20M and launches a UK Beta

Cisco   October 17, 2016
Cisco Appoints Amy Chang to Board of Directors

Forbes   October 4, 2016
3 Simple Strategies To Help You Prepare For (And Crush) Your Next Company Meeting

TechCrunch Disrupt London 2016   October 4, 2016
Amy Chang, Founder of Accompany the AI staff app, joins Disrupt London, Dec 5-6

TechCrunch   September 9, 2016
Five lessons for founders by Amy Chang

Entrepreneur   September 1, 2016
5 Hacks to Know Before Launching a Human-Centric Tech Startup

FORTUNE   August 3, 2016
Accompany Wants to Be Your Mobile Chief of Staff

TECHCRUNCH   August 3, 2016
Accompany’s digital chief-of-staff application launches in beta

HUNTER WALK’S FIVE QUESTIONS   August 3, 2016
“We Made Sure We Got Our Asses Kicked Regularly” – Accompany Founder Amy Chang on Building a Polished Product

FORTUNE   September 10, 2015
Why powerful women love Google, and why they leave it

SPLUNK   March 11, 2015
Splunk Appoints Amy Chang to Board of Directors

TECHCRUNCH   November 19, 2014
Relationship Management Startup Accompani Gets Another $15M While Still In Alpha

TECHCRUNCH    July 12, 2014
Software Entrepreneurs Must Go Mobile-First Or Die

TECHCRUNCH    June 16, 2014
Accompany Wants To Be The Relationship Manager To Rule Them All

TARGET    May 28, 2014
Accompany CEO Named to Target’s Digital Advisory Council

Comparison of Accompany Profiles with Competitive Offerings