Reveal
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Reveal was a Paris-based B2B 'nearbound revenue' platform founded in 2020 by Simon Bouchez. It aimed to transform B2B partnerships by creating a new revenue channel — Nearbound — that leveraged a company's partner ecosystem to find leads and collaborate on sales opportunities. The platform let marketing, sales and partnerships teams map accounts and share CRM data across partner networks. It raised over $54 million in funding and acquired the US company PartnerHacker in 2023.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Reveal was founded in Paris by Simon Bouchez to build a nearbound revenue platform for B2B partner ecosystems.
- PartnerHacker acquisition
Reveal acquired the US company PartnerHacker.
- Acquisition by Crossbeam
Reveal merged with Philadelphia-based Crossbeam in an all-stock transaction, announced June 25, 2024.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
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Reveal was acquired by Crossbeam in June 2024 in an all-stock transaction.
- 02
The combined company kept the Crossbeam name, combining both companies' product offerings and user networks into the world's largest repository of ecosystem data spanning 25,000+ companies.
- 03
Crossbeam CEO Bob Moore became co-founder and CEO, and Reveal CEO Simon Bouchez became co-founder and COO.
- 04
No failure causes were reported — this was an exit, not a wind-down.