# Cerkl

> Cerkl is a Cincinnati internal-communications software company whose product, Cerkl Broadcast, uses AI to personalize what each employee sees across email, SharePoint, Teams, Slack and a mobile app. Founded by Tarek Kamil, who started writing code at 12 and pivoted a consumer news project into a B2B comms platform, the company has raised roughly $11.85M, serves organizations like Paycor, Church & Dwight and St. Elizabeth, and pitches one idea hard: stop blasting everyone the same memo and start sending each person the news that actually matters to them.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Blue Ash (Cincinnati), Ohio, United States
- **Founders:** Tarek Kamil (CEO and Founder)
- **Team size:** ~31-33 employees; announced plans to add 125 jobs over three years in the Cincinnati region
- **Products:** Cerkl Broadcast - Omni-Channel, Cerkl Broadcast - Foundations, AI News Digests / MyNews engine, Broadcast Mobile App, Insights / Analytics
- **Notable:** Raised $7M Series A in October 2021, led by River Bay Investments (~$11.85M total funding)., St. Elizabeth Healthcare reached 54% employee open rates and 46% among medical staff using personalized Broadcast digests across 6,500+ content items., Paycor sent 614K internal email blasts with a 34% click rate and 68% audience reach via 'My Paycor News.'

## Products & services

- **Cerkl Broadcast - Omni-Channel** — Enterprise internal-communications platform that distributes personalized content across email, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Slack, microsites and a mobile app, with cross-channel analytics and audience sync.
- **Cerkl Broadcast - Foundations** — A free-forever internal email plan with an email builder, templates, audience targeting and analytics for teams that want internal email done right without multi-channel complexity.
- **AI News Digests / MyNews engine** — AI that automatically curates and personalizes a newsletter for each employee based on role, location and past engagement, adjusting content continuously instead of relying on manual segments.
- **Broadcast Mobile App** — Employee mobile app delivering a personalized newsfeed, universal search, content notifications and push for deskless and distributed workers.
- **Insights / Analytics** — Redesigned internal-communication analytics covering engagement scores, topic performance, reach and personalization effectiveness across channels.

## Achievements

- Raised $7M Series A in October 2021, led by River Bay Investments (~$11.85M total funding).
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare reached 54% employee open rates and 46% among medical staff using personalized Broadcast digests across 6,500+ content items.
- Paycor sent 614K internal email blasts with a 34% click rate and 68% audience reach via 'My Paycor News.'
- Stanislaus State reached 68% audience personalization with 34% of employees revisiting content.
- Committed to adding 125 jobs and roughly $9.45M in new payroll over three years in Cincinnati.
- Reported ~$5.6M revenue with a ~33-person team in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Broadcast introduced a redesigned Insights suite for more usable internal-communication analytics.
- **2024-01** — Reported roughly $5.6M revenue with a ~33-person team.
- **2021-10** — Closed $7M Series A led by River Bay Investments and announced plans to add 125 Cincinnati jobs.

## Links

- Website: https://cerkl.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cerkl
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Cerkl
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cerkl/

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Last updated: 2026-08-20