# Scratchpad

> Scratchpad is an AI workspace for sales that sits between reps and Salesforce, automating CRM updates, transcribing calls, monitoring data hygiene, and enforcing sales methodologies so sellers spend less time on admin and more time closing. Founded in 2019 by repeat founders Pouyan Salehi and Cyrus Karbassiyoon, the company has raised roughly $49.6M, including a $33M Series B led by Craft Ventures, and is used by thousands of revenue teams at companies like Brex, Vercel, Clio and Crunchbase.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Pouyan Salehi (CEO & Co-founder), Cyrus Karbassiyoon (CTO & Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~47 employees
- **Products:** Scratchpad Workspace, AI Sales Agents, Hygiene Monitoring, Call Recorder & Notetaker, Clearskies
- **Notable:** Raised roughly $49.6M total across seed, Series A and Series B, Secured a $33M Series B in January 2022 led by Craft Ventures with Accel participating, Grew to thousands of customer companies and tens of thousands of active sellers

## Products & services

- **Scratchpad Workspace** — A modern, spreadsheet-like interface layered on Salesforce with notes, sales sheets, a command HUD, grid views, bulk updates and Slack integration - keeping Salesforce as the system of record while making it faster to work in.
- **AI Sales Agents** — Agents that analyze calls, emails and notes to suggest or apply structured Salesforce updates, enforce methodologies like MEDDPICC and SPICED, and eliminate rep admin work.
- **Hygiene Monitoring** — AI-driven monitoring that flags incomplete Salesforce data, missing fields, at-risk deals and process gaps, giving RevOps and sales leaders real-time visibility.
- **Call Recorder & Notetaker** — Automatic call recording and transcription with a meeting bot and direct Zoom integration, feeding structured context back into the CRM.
- **Clearskies** — A context layer for revenue teams that connects CRM, call transcripts, email, calendar and Slack to produce pre-call briefs, pipeline risk detection, win-loss analysis and coaching moments.

## Achievements

- Raised roughly $49.6M total across seed, Series A and Series B
- Secured a $33M Series B in January 2022 led by Craft Ventures with Accel participating
- Grew to thousands of customer companies and tens of thousands of active sellers
- Reported over two million Salesforce updates made through the product in a 12-month period (early 2021)
- Backed by the same lead investor, Craft Ventures, across three consecutive rounds

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Launched Clearskies, a context layer connecting CRM, calls, email, calendar and Slack for pre-call briefs, pipeline risk detection and win-loss analysis.
- **2024-01** — Expanded into AI Sales Agents that auto-update Salesforce and enforce sales methodologies from call, email and note context.
- **2022-01** — Closed a $33M Series B led by Craft Ventures with Accel participating.

## Links

- Website: https://scratchpad.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/scratchpad-sales
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scratchpad
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@scratchpad_sales
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/scratchpad_sales
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/scratchpad.ae/
- TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@scratchpad_sales

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Last updated: 2026-07-10