Seed21 November 2022

Surfboard raises £4.2m in seed funding led by Speedinvest to develop collaborative planning tools.

The seed round was led by Speedinvest with participation from Fly Ventures and Seedcamp.

£4.2MSeed

Surfboard provides collaborative planning software designed to help customer support teams manage scheduling and workforce operations. The platform integrates with various communication and HR tools to replace traditional spreadsheets and legacy systems.

Surfboard has secured £4.2m in seed funding to accelerate product development and expand its team. Speedinvest led the round, with participation from Fly Ventures, Seedcamp, and a group of angel investors.

The company offers a collaborative planning platform designed to replace spreadsheets and legacy workforce management software for customer support teams. The funding will support the platform as it seeks to deepen integrations and build additional functionality for remote and hybrid teams.

From the founder

"I’ve seen first-hand the demoralising effect that the existing set of workforce management platforms, including spreadsheets, has on support teams at a human level. For support teams to thrive, individual team members should be empowered to work collaboratively alongside management and their teammates. That’s our vision for Surfboard."

Natasha Ratanshi-Stein

CEO and founder at Surfboard

Investor perspective

"We are impressed with Surfboard’s traction since we wrote their first cheque in early 2021. Their timely solution, relentless focus on their ‘surfers’’ well-being and customer satisfaction, as well as their long-term vision, will supercharge Customer Support and Success in a more collaborative and efficient way to the benefit of all parties involved. Natasha has lived through the problem and is well equipped to tackle it successfully."

Reshma Sohoni

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Seedcamp