lemlist
Founded in 2018 at STATION F in Paris, lemlist (parent company lempire) is a bootstrapped, profitable multichannel sales engagement platform combining a 450M+ B2B contact database, deliverability tools and AI-personalized outreach across email, LinkedIn, phone and WhatsApp.
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Founded in 2018 at STATION F in Paris, lemlist (parent company lempire) is a bootstrapped, profitable multichannel sales engagement platform combining a 450M+ B2B contact database, deliverability tools and AI-personalized outreach across email, LinkedIn, phone and WhatsApp. Co-founder Guillaume Moubeche is Chairman; Charles Tenot is CEO.
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