Landbase Raised $30M But Here’s Why Ashton Kutcher Backed It

Landbase today announced it closed a $30 million Series A round, co-led by Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures alongside Picus Capital, with follow-on funding from 8VC, A*, Firstminute Capital, and others.

Daniel Saks, Landbase’s CEO and co-founder, says he built the startup after stepping down from AppDirect last year. He learned firsthand from a LinkedIn message from Michael Dell how high digital awareness can boost outreach success. That gave birth to Landbase, a platform that automates outbound marketing for small and medium-sized businesses.

Their system fine-tunes OpenAI’s GPT 4o using data from 40 million past campaigns, tracking success patterns and trust indicators instead of just polishing writing. Saks explains that many failures stemmed from senders lacking credibility, not from weak copy.

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After launching in December 2024 with 10 paying clients, Landbase now supports over 100 businesses using its freemium product. Users start with free campaign planning and message drafting. To trigger large-scale sends, they pay $3,000 per month .

Investor interest surged after the seed round in September. Saks booked around 50 VC meetings in San Francisco, New York and LA. Kutcher and Sound Ventures stood out. During a pitch meeting, Kutcher suggested simplifying Landbase’s tagline to “find your next customer.” That tweak sealed the deal .

Several companies now compete in this space, including Regie.ai, AiSDR, 11x.ai, Artisan and ZoomInfo. Plus, giants like Salesforce, Microsoft and HubSpot are present . Landbase avoids the hype of offering AI as a human stand-in. Its bot has no persona, only suggestions. Humans write the final copy and control the campaign.

Saks says Landbase’s strategy serves insurance brokers, landscapers, and managed-service providers, not just tech startups. The startup splits between a free tier for planning and a paid plan for execution. As outreach tools go mainstream, Landbase bets that credibility wins campaigns, and with $42.5 million in total funding, it’s lining up to prove it.

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