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PRESS KIT

MEET YOUR NEWPERSONAL SALES ASSISTANT

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OUR STORY SO FAR

WHO WE ARE

September 2011Oscar Macia and Xavi Bisbal launch the firstmobile CRM designed for field sales teams.

August 2014ForceManager brings its mobile sales solution to

the UK with the opening of its London office.April 2015Selected as a winner in the Red Herring Europe awards recognizing Europe’s leading technology startups.

December 2015Secure a furthur investment round of €2Mto support international expansion.

February 2017 Signed partnership with IBM Watson to power

ForceManager with its own AI.

May 2014ForceManager receives €2.8M in Series A investment round.

ForceManager is the leading mobile CRM that serves as a personal sales assistant for field sales teams.ForceManager incorporates Artificial Intelligence, voice recognition, geolocation and gamification to empower and motivate modern day sales forces to sell more efficiently from their smartphones. Founded in 2011, the company is present in 36 countries with a team of 150 professionals dedicated to transforming the industry through technology.

February 2016Unveiled first wearable CRM during the Mobile World Congress.

December 2017ForceManager receives $12m in Series B funding led by AXA Venture Partners.September 2018

ForceManager acquires Sellf to add gamification to the app and fast-track the Italian market.

September 2015Expands to LatAm with the opening of the

Colombia office and Mexico office.

January 2016Apple selects ForceManager to join its

prestigious Mobility Partner Program (MPP).

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FOUNDING TEAM

OSCAR MACIACEO & CO-FOUNDEROscar Macia holds a nuclear engineering degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona (UPC)

and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School. Oscar has more than 20 years’ experience in sales

management. He founded the personal sales assistant app, ForceManager, in 2011 with the mission to

transform the way field sales teams sell on the road - making the process leaner and easier for the sales

rep, while providing greater visibility and real-time data to their managers.

XAVIER BISBALCTO & CO-FOUNDER Xavier holds an MBA from ESADE Business School and a degree in Executive Sales Strategy from

the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Xavier has over a decade’s worth of experience working

in large corporations such as IBM, Gas Natural and PriceWaterHouse as a consultant specializing in

IT systems. At ForceManager Xavi leads the product team to oversee the technological vision and

development of new features.

FORCEMANAGER INVESTORS

SELLF INVESTORS

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JORDI CAPDEVILAMarketing Director

SANTI TRENCHSOperations Director

ISAAC CABEZASFinance Director

LUIS ALCEDOSales Director

NATALIE BATLLEBrand Director

DAVID FERNANDEZManaging Director Mexico

ANNA VALLSCustomer Success Director

VICTOR SANCHEZManaging Director USA

DIEGO PIZZOCAROManaging Director Italy

GEMMA NAVARROHR Director

MANAGEMENT TEAM

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WHAT DOES FORCEMANAGER DO?

A neat and tidy delivery of daily agenda

Geolocation feature for in-app GPS and quick route planning

Seamless access to previous correspondence prior to the sales visit

Check-in literally takes less than 10 seconds

Full access to a complete digital catalog of sales material

eSignature reduces sales cycle by up to 15 days

Voice recognition check-out – on to the next deal!

Evolution from CRM to personal sales assistant thanks to AIpowered by IBM Watson

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ForceManager is digitizing field sales for modern-day teams, making it possible to convert your smartphone into your

personal sales assistant – exclusively designed for the needs of feed sales reps and their managers.

80% daily usage rates means sales managers are getting the customer data and real-time insights they need to bridge the gap between sales strategy and execution.

With the ForceManager app you have:

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INNOVATION IN SALES TECHNOLOGY

Native Application:

A native app in 8 languages for all

major mobile operating systems

and devices

Geolocation Technology: Provides relevant details of any

account or sales opportunity based

on a sales reps position, including

the optimum routes to get there.

Cloud Based: Access to the latest digital

sales collateral, such as videos,

brochures and presentations on or

offline.

Weekly report: A summary of each user’s activity,

giving sales reps a better reflection

of their own performance,

motivating them to achieve their

targets.

CRM History:Access a range of customer

information including previous

interactions and contact details.

Activity Record: Visits, emails, phone calls, quotes

and orders – an automatic record

of all interactions means less time

reporting and more time selling.

CardManager:

Synchronizes business cards with

contacts and clients within the

ForceManager sales tool.

Sales Insights: Gaining powerful analytic insight to

help identify best practices, adjust

sales strategies and improve overall

team performance.

Cognitive:

Collaboration with IBM adds an AI

layer of reasoning to ForceManager,

evolving into a personal sales

assistant application.

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“Hello Dana”

Activate the appby saying “Hello Dana”.

Ask Dana for whatever you need: make a call, read your

emails or help to get the most out of your day.

Be Prepared!

“Dana, tell me aboutmy next client”

for a summary of recent interactions, including

purchase orders, emails and calls.

Loyal customers

“Dana, which clientsare nearby?”

In seconds you’ll have alist of clients in the area

that need urgent attention.

ForceManager Cognitive, our new AI voice recognition feature powered by IBM Watson, is specifically designed to help field

sales representatives out on the road and from their cars. With this addition, we have created a personal sales assistant that

responds to natural language and is capable of providing proactive suggestions and making the best use of time spent at the

wheel. You can speak to the AI assistant, Dana, and ask her to optimize your day and set important reminders before client

visits.

DANA WILL HELP YOU TRANSFORM THAT VALUABLETIME INTO SALES.

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MEET A FEW OF OUR OVER 1,000 global customers

“It’s critical that we have a CRM that gives us transparency and visibility of what our reps are doing on a

daily basis. From a management point of view we are constantly measuring what our BDEs do through

ForceManager and it forms part of our KPIs throughout the business.”

LEIGH MASE

National Sales Manager at TrustFirstParts

“ForceManager has boosted the visibility and productivity of our team’s real-time sales activity and this

has translated into huge time saving for us – we are definitely selling smarter now!”

RICHARD BEAGLE

Managing Director at Talk Sales Europe

“The simplicity of the tool has facilitated its adoption by sales reps; the paperwork has essentially

disappeared; reps no longer need to report manually and can concentrate on improving their results.”

RICHARD SWORD

Group Parts Manager at Now Vauxhall

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FORCEMANAGER FIGURES

Available in 8 languages

International team of 15+ nationalities

More than 150 employees

HQ in Barcelona

Supporting clients in36 countries

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MEET YOUR NEW PERSONAL SALES ASSISTANT APP

GET IN TOUCH!

[email protected]

3 Carrer Josep Irla i Bosch,

Barcelona, Spain 08034

+34 662 187 208

WEB: forcemanager.com

LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/company/forcemanager

PRESS ROOM: forcemanager.com/pr

INSTAGRAM: @forcemanager

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/forcemanager

TWITTER: @forcemanager