Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, David Barret and Ciaran Lee of Intercom
Dublin-based customer messaging company Intercom has raised $125m (€101m) in a funding round that sees the firm now valued at $1.275bn (€1.03bn)
The lead funder in the round is US venture firm Kleiner Perkins, with Google Ventures also participating.
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