Responsive - About the company
Responsive is a series B company based in Beaverton (United States), founded in 2015 by Ganesh Shankar. It operates as an AI powered RFP lifecycle management software. Responsive has raised $27M in funding from investors like K1 Investment Management, Elevate Capital and Archivist. The company has 55 active competitors, including 18 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like SkySelect, Loopio and Dasseti.
Company Details
AI powered proposal management software. The platform provides strategic response management solutions that automates and transforms the RFP, RFI, DDQ, security questionnaire processes, and more. The platform streamlines the proposal process for professionals. It enables sales rep to personalize and send proposals. The platform supports in-app collaboration with teams to optimize proposals, assessments, and other information requests.
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- www.responsive.io/
- Social
- Phone Number
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Beaverton, United States
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$27M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 55 active competitors
Employee Count
290 as on Jan 31, 2025
Legal entities associated with Responsive
Responsive is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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RFPIO, Inc. CIN: 453598633 , United States, Active | Feb 24, 2015 | - | 202 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
RFPIO, INC. CIN: 114215791 , United States, Active | Sep 02, 2015 | - | - | - |
RFPIO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900TZ2018FTC030881 , India, Active | Aug 31, 2018 | ₹50 - ₹100 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 290 (As on Jan 31, 2025) |
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Responsive's funding and investors
Responsive has raised a total funding of $27M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2016. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Jul 24, 2018 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Responsive has 5 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Responsive:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 24, 2018 | 9031268 | Series B | 1730056 | 2892568 | 6381342 | 3884606 |
Dec 08, 2016 | 2537261 | Seed | 6690500 | 9206806 | 9569008 | 7379930 |
Sep 30, 2016 | 4865348 | Seed | 1261560 | 1079960 |
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Responsive's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Responsive is Ganesh Shankar. Ganesh Shankar is the CEO of Responsive.
Here are the details of Responsive's key team members:
- Ganesh Shankar: Co-Founder & CEO of Responsive. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Responsive's employee count trend
Responsive has 290 employees as of Jan 25. Here is Responsive's employee count trend over the years:
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Responsive's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Responsive include SkySelect, Loopio and Dasseti. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Responsive, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | _1560846211130.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} SkySelect 2011, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Provider of an AI-powered platform for aircraft parts procurement and sourcing | $9M | 64/100 | |
2nd | AI powered RFP software | $209M | 61/100 | ||
3rd |  Responsive 2015, Beaverton (United States), Series B | AI powered RFP lifecycle management software | $27M | 58/100 | |
4th |  Dasseti 2018, New York City (United States), Series A | Due diligence software for investment industry professionals | $11.8M | 53/100 | |
5th |  OrbitShift 2022, Lewes (United States), Series A | Developer of an AI system for enterprise sales cycle management | $8.5M | 53/100 | |
6th | Provider of search engine and knowledge sharing for workplaces | $6.35M | 50/100 | ||
7th | AutogenAI 2022, New York City (United States), Series B | Provider of an AI-powered platform for generating proposals and grant applications | $455M | 50/100 | |
8th | Catapult 2016, Fort Mill (United States), Seed | Provider of RFP management platform | $1.72M | 47/100 | |
9th | Expedience Software 2015, Amherst (United States), Unfunded | Automated solutions for RFP response management | - | - | 45/100 |
10th | RFP360 2012, Kansas City (United States), Acquired | End-to-end RFP management solution | $12M | 45/100 |
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Responsive's Investments and acquisitions
Responsive has acquired 2 companies including Bidhive and RFP360. Responsive has not made any investments as of now.See all acquisitions by Responsive
Reports related to Responsive
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News related to Responsive
Filter this listMedia has covered Responsive for a total of 5 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Respond.io Raises $62.5M Series B to Scale AI-Powered Customer ConversationsFinancial Post•Jun 16, 2026•Camber, Respond.io, Endeavor, TikTok and 2 others
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Responsive Unveils Fall 2025 AI Release to Help Enterprises Win Faster with Smarter, Trusted KnowledgeMarTech Series•Oct 24, 2025•Responsive
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Ontario Court Certifies Class Actions Against Long-Term Care Owners for Alleged Gross NegligenceCNW•Sep 27, 2025•Revera Enterprise, Responsive, Chartwell, Toronto and 3 others
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Responsive Launches Spring 2025 Release with AI-Powered Agent StudioDestinationcrm•May 19, 2025•Responsive
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Responsive Named Leader in Aragon Research Globe for Strategic Response Management, 2025Business Wire•Mar 11, 2025•Responsive
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G2 ranks Responsive #1 in RFP software for 24 straight quarters.Business Wire•Jan 30, 2025•Responsive
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Inventive AI Secures $4M in Funding to Transform RFP WorkflowsChronicle-Tribune•Aug 28, 2024•Inventive, Responsive
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