Bigtincan Acquires ClearSlide

Bigtincan's acquisition of ClearSlide will further expand its position as the world's leading sales enablement platform — one that allows companies to transform how their sellers interact with customers and prospects into long-term valued relationships.

Fremont, CA: Bigtincan, the global leader in sales enablement automation, declared that it has entered into a binding agreement with Corel to acquire 100 percent of ClearSlide. The deal combines two of the leading players in the sales enablement space, bringing together a complete solution for sellers in order to engage buyers in the digital world.

Bigtincan's acquisition of ClearSlide will further expand its position as the world's leading sales enablement platform — one that allows companies to transform how their sellers interact with customers and prospects into long-term valued relationships. By combining ClearSlide's leading sales engagement capabilities with Bigtincan's sales asset management capabilities and leading sales readiness, Bigtincan promises to create a complete solution for sellers to learn, access sales assets, as well as engage with buyers virtually or in person.

The dramatic increase in remote working and virtual business meetings is transforming Sales, as budgets previously spent on traditional buyer/seller interactions are now shifting to digital.

The addition of ClearSlide technology expands Bigtincan's end-to-end SaaS stack, with access to buyer engagement analytics, email timing, as well as personalized video communication. ClearSlide's large and vibrant customer base will have access to new, world-class, remote coaching and document automation, learning software, and will be able to leverage Bigtincan's leading sales enablement solutions to transform their buyer/seller experience.

"ClearSlide expands our customer engagement capabilities to include advanced remote selling technologies and engagement tools that provide sellers a personalized solution that integrates seamlessly with their sales tools," stated David Keane, CEO of Bigtincan. "The combined ClearSlide and Bigtincan teams are dedicated to serving the full lifecycle of needs for Sales and Service teams to succeed in a remote world."

"ClearSlide is an exceptional sales enablement technology and we see a bright future for the brand as part of the Bigtincan portfolio," stated Christa Quarles, CEO of Corel Corporation. "This deal brings additional focus to Corel's next phase of growth and M&A outlook as we build on the strengths of our global partner network, sales teams and world-class ecommerce platform."