Highlights B2B partners that support startups across all business functions and empower growth
HOLMDEL, NJ - November 17, 2022 - Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been recognized in the inaugural Inc. Power Partner Awards, honoring B2B organizations across the globe that have proven track records supporting entrepreneurs and helping startups grow. Winners received top marks from customers for being instrumental in supporting them across various facets of their business, including hiring, compliance, infrastructure development, cloud migration, and fundraising, allowing founders to focus on their core missions. "Trusted B2B partners provide guidance and expertise that founders rely on at various steps of their organization's journey. Partners that possess a demonstrated ability to deliver quality support are at the core of entrepreneurship and help bring big ideas to life," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. Business media. With the power of the Vonage Communications Platform (VCP), a unique combination of Unified Communications, Contact Center, APIs, and Conversational Commerce solutions, Vonage is enabling businesses today to enhance their connections with customers by turning transactions and notifications into meaningful conversations. Within the developer community is one sector that leverages the VCP in a consistently innovative and unique way - startups. "We are honored to be recognized by Inc. and by our customers with this prestigious award and to be included in such great company," said Savinay Berry, Executive Vice President, Product & Engineering for Vonage. "At Vonage, we're all about delivering innovations that enhance customer experiences by turning notifications and transactions into conversations by enabling an immersive engagement platform. Our Startups program, in particular, focuses on meeting the unique needs that entrepreneurs face in today's competitive marketplace. To be recognized for this commitment is very exciting and reinforces our dedication to our customers' success." The Vonage for Startups program is aimed at supporting early-stage companies to build products faster, efficiently and effectively, and help fuel the developer world. By connecting them with best-in-class products, people and APIs, Vonage is able to provide them with the necessary educational resources and supportive environment that meet their needs, no matter how individualized they are. Inc. partnered with leading global social and media intelligence platform Meltwater to develop a proprietary methodology that uses sentiment from online conversations about organizations and translates it into numerical scores. Companies were evaluated on commitment, reliability, trust, creativity, supportiveness, and other virtues that offer value to clients. Inc. also conducted surveys to gather client testimonials as part of the process.