NEWS BRIEF: Orem, Utah-based Ovation Raises an Additional $2.0 Million in a Continuation and Closure of its "A Round" of Funding

Nearly one year to the day after announcing it had raised $4.0 million in a Series A Round of funding, Orem, Utah-based Ovation has now tacked-on an additional $2.0 million to its Series A round of funding.

When I spoke by phone with Zack Oates last night where he was attending an on "off-site" in Park City, Utah, Ovation's CEO and Founder clarified that the new funding (Series A-2), brought the total raised by the firm in its extended Series A round to $6.0 million.

He also added that the firm has now raised a little bit over $9.0 million in total through all its external financings.

According to its most recent funding news release, "Ovation is a guest-experience platform for multi-unit restaurant (companies) that starts with a 2-question survey to drive revenue, streamline guest recovery, and easily improve operations." 

Current and past Ovation customers include such notable restaurant chains as

• Burger King,
• Chuck-A-Rama,
• Domino's,
• El Pollo Loco,
• Friendly's,
• Mo’ Bettahs, and
• PDQ,

just to name a few.

According to this newest funding news release,

"Ovation’s platform helps thousands of restaurants ... get more feedback through frictionless surveys, improve operations through AI-driven insights, recover guests through real-time communication, and boost online reputation."

For a deeper dive into Ovation, we invite you to also read our writeup from late last June "Ovation Raises a $4 Million Series A Round of Funding to Help Restaurants Drive the 3 C's: Convenience, Consistency, and Connection."

And congrats to Zach and Team Ovation on closing the Series A funding round.

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