# Jeff Freund

> Jeff Freund is the founder and CEO of Akoonu, a Salesforce-native software company that helps B2B sales teams run pipeline reviews and forecasts. A Stanford-trained engineer who studied environmental fluid mechanics, he previously spent more than a decade running Clickability, a web content management company he led from 1999 until its 2011 acquisition by Limelight Networks. He started Akoonu in 2014 around the idea that sales should be grounded in how buyers actually buy, raising an $8M Series A from Shasta Ventures in 2017 and steering the product toward AI-driven forecasting and revenue tools.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Akoonu
- **Organizations:** Akoonu, Clickability, Limelight Networks, Network Software Associates, Shasta Ventures (investor)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, MS, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Led Clickability for over a decade through financing and a successful acquisition by Limelight Networks in 2011, Managed the divestment of the Clickability business from Limelight Networks to Upland Software, Founded Akoonu in 2014 and raised an $8M Series A from Shasta Ventures in 2017

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Director of Technology at Network Software Associates, responsible for the full customer technical lifecycle
- **1999** — Became CEO and CTO of Clickability, a web content management company
- **2011** — Clickability acquired by Limelight Networks; Freund joins as VP and GM of Web Content Management
- **2014** — Founds Akoonu and becomes CEO (self-styled 'Chief Akoonerd')
- **2017** — Akoonu raises $8M Series A led by Shasta Ventures and launches Akoonu for Sales

## Achievements

- Led Clickability for over a decade through financing and a successful acquisition by Limelight Networks in 2011
- Managed the divestment of the Clickability business from Limelight Networks to Upland Software
- Founded Akoonu in 2014 and raised an $8M Series A from Shasta Ventures in 2017
- Built Akoonu into an award-winning Salesforce-native ISV for pipeline reviews and forecasting

## Latest updates

- **2017-04** — Akoonu announced an $8M Series A led by Shasta Ventures and launched Akoonu for Sales, a buyer-aware account-based selling platform on Salesforce.

## Links

- Website: https://akoonu.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jefffreund
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jeff_freund

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Last updated: 2026-06-11