Digital B2B Opp: TaxCloud completes funding round, hires new DMs (Score 61)

Sales lead: Reach out to offer agency assistance & ad space. 

  • TaxCloud recently scored $20m in new funding during a growth equity round.
  • The company will use these funds for marketing, growth, and new products. 
  • Camber Partners led the investment round.

Recent hires:

  • Nate Gilmore joined the company as CEO in December 2022.
    • Gilmore most recently served as CMO of PandaDoc.
  • Mariana Ruiz joined the company as marketing manager in February 2023.
    • Ruiz most recently served as product marketing manager of Acquire. 

Target demographic: Businesses that need tax management services

The company will likely:

  • Increase its marketing investment
  • Experiment with new ad channels
  • Outsource some marketing duties to agency partners

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: TaxCloud spent about $670 on digital display ads YTD after not allocating significant budget toward the channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 233.8k impressions via programmatic.
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend plummeted from $3k in 2021 to $178 in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads programmatically through Google Display Network onto sites such as whatismyip.li, pch.com, and manualsonline.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Contact TaxCloud's new DMs now to be top-of-mind.
    • TaxCloud does not currently work with any agencies to the best of my knowledge. 
    • You may have the best shot of securing PR work.

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Adbeat

Contacts:

Nate Gilmore
Chief Executive Officer
ngilmore@taxcloud.com

Mariana Ruiz
Marketing Manager
mruiz@taxcloud.com