# Alium

> Alium is a New York-based startup building an AI-powered vendor intelligence platform for enterprise software buyers. It runs structured, compensated 1-on-1 interviews with practitioners - the VPs of marketing, CISOs, and IT directors who actually use the tools - then uses AI to synthesize those conversations into ratings and insights. Founded in 2020 by former CB Insights operators Jonathan Sherry and Alexandre Testu, Alium emerged from stealth in January 2025 with $7M in seed funding, aiming to replace pay-for-play review sites and analyst reports with unbiased peer intelligence, starting with marketing and ecommerce technology.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Jonathan Sherry (Co-Founder & CEO (former Co-Founder & COO of CB Insights)), Alexandre Testu (Co-Founder (early CB Insights engineer))
- **Team size:** ~27 employees
- **Products:** Alium Platform, Practitioner Interview Network, The A-List, For Vendors
- **Notable:** Raised $7M seed round from Greycroft and Primary (announced January 2025), with over $10M in total funding reported., Emerged from stealth in January 2025 after building a private network of hundreds of Fortune 1000 technology decision-makers., Published the 2025 A-List, the first practitioner-rated ranking of the 20 most loved marketing and ecommerce tech vendors.

## Products & services

- **Alium Platform** — An AI-powered vendor intelligence platform where buyers discover new vendors, evaluate current ones against real scenarios, and identify partnership risks - all grounded in compensated interviews with practitioners.
- **Practitioner Interview Network** — A private network of 1,000+ business leaders and technology decision-makers who participate in structured, compensated 1-on-1 interviews about their real experiences with tech vendors.
- **The A-List** — A published research report ranking the most loved marketing and ecommerce technology vendors, based on actual 1-10 ratings collected from hundreds of practitioner interviews.
- **For Vendors** — Anonymized, aggregated market insights that let software vendors understand buyer perception, real use cases, and how they stack up against competitors.

## Achievements

- Raised $7M seed round from Greycroft and Primary (announced January 2025), with over $10M in total funding reported.
- Emerged from stealth in January 2025 after building a private network of hundreds of Fortune 1000 technology decision-makers.
- Published the 2025 A-List, the first practitioner-rated ranking of the 20 most loved marketing and ecommerce tech vendors.
- Assembled a buyer network spanning brands including Walmart, Nike, L'Oreal, JetBlue, Best Buy, Macy's, CVS, Spotify, Citi, and PepsiCo.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Alium launched out of stealth with $7M in seed funding from Greycroft and Primary to fix enterprise software buying, starting with marketing and ecommerce.
- **2025-02** — Alium released the 2025 A-List, revealing the 20 most loved marketing and ecommerce tech vendors based on practitioner ratings; Iterable and others were recognized.

## Links

- Website: https://alium.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aliumio

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Last updated: 2026-07-07