the companies have some 8,500 customers, with an emphasis on working with companies in Europe. Initially the two companies will continue to be run separately with independent brands, but they expect to merge more of their operations and tech together. Both companies note that they had double-digit millions ARR and Echobot’s revenues in the last year grew 70%, while Leadfeeder’s grew 50%.Although the founders note that it was not current market pressure that brought them together, there was perhaps already writing on the wall for consolidating point solutions in the sales technology space. He and the founders all noted that in fact both startups individually had road maps to build features that the other already had. Echobot, meanwhile, is another company building tools to source B2B sales leads and better target teams’ sales efforts. They will potentially also take on a new name by next year, although one point to consider on the branding front is that Echobot is also the name of a Mirai malware variant… Echobot is profitable and has been for some time.