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Trellus

Winter 2022 · Active

Real-time sales coach for SDRs

Location: New York, US

Founded: 2022

Team size: 3

About

Trellus delivers simple coaching prompts to your salespeople in real time as they speak to prospects. Prompts are delivered in response to what is happening in a conversation. The goal of these prompts is to get more reps achieving quota and to reduce the time it takes to start attaining quota. Prompts are action-oriented steps toward empathetic listening and effective discovery. Examples include 'pause' (when talking too much), 'set next steps' (when wrapping up a call without them), and 'ask current state' (when encountering objections). Trellus is backed by Y Combinator and founded by former MIT researchers.

Founders

  • Ajinkya NeneFounder

    Ajinkya completed his masters and bachelors in computer science from MIT where he focused on applied ML systems. He has experience in running top-level strategy projects as part of his experience at McKinsey & Co. and has been programming for over a decade.

  • Craig BonnoitFounder

    Craig has nearly a decade of professional experience leading teams and developing software. His works has spanned multiple domains including real-time autonomous systems and financial derivative pricing. He previously completed a PhD in Physics at MIT focused on computational techniques for experimental data analysis in strongly correlated materials.