AI CRM startup Lightfield raises $47M Series A led by a16z
What's the deal? LightfieldDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has raised a $47 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Maverick CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Coatue, AudaciousDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Alumni Ventures, GreylockDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The startup builds AI-native customer relationship management (CRM) software designed for use by AI agents.
Why now? The round follows a sharp pivot. Lightfield was previously Tome, an AI presentation builder that reached 25 million users and raised $80 million before founders Keith Peiris and Henri Liriani slashed headcount from 70 to seven to chase a bigger opportunity.
By the numbers: About 5,000 companies now use Lightfield, some with more than 100 employees on the platform. The company did not disclose revenue but says net dollar retention — a measure of how spend grows within its customer base — stands at 400%.
What's the endgame? Chief executive officer Keith Peiris frames Lightfield as more than a CRM. "Companies that love us the most treat us like their business world model," he says. "We are becoming the oracle to the executive team." The funding will scale its 40-person team, mainly in sales and engineering.
The raise is also a reset, styled as a Series A but backed by many investors who funded Tome's earlier rounds.
What could go wrong? Lightfield is entering a crowded market. Dozens of startups have targeted Salesforce over 20-plus years, and the incumbent still holds a market cap above $200 billion. Rivals span agentic sales tools like Attio and Reevo, outbound specialists like Apollo and Unify, and growth players like Clay, recently valued at $7.1 billion.
The signal: The deal sits in the top 2% of US Series A rounds in marketing over the past four years, underscoring how aggressively investors are backing AI-native software aimed at the enterprise sales stack.
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