<s>
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
company	O
based	O
in	O
Basingstoke	B-Application
,	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
ContactWorld	O
platform	O
uses	O
customer	O
contact	O
technology	O
as	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
by	O
connecting	O
customers	O
through	O
existing	O
telephone	O
infrastructures	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
internet	O
to	O
pass	O
along	O
previously	O
collected	O
client	O
information	O
to	O
agents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
works	O
in	O
128	O
countries	O
,	O
with	O
numerous	O
large	O
organisations	O
including	O
:	O
MobileIron	O
,	O
Truphone	B-Language
,	O
Parcelforce	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Canadian	O
Cancer	O
Society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ashley	O
Unitt	O
and	O
Richard	O
Pickering	O
founded	O
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
received	O
£4	O
million	O
(	O
US	O
$6.3	O
million	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
Series	O
A	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
Business	O
Insider	O
recognised	O
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
13	O
enterprise	O
cloud	O
startups	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
venture	O
capitalist	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
named	O
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
1,000	O
Companies	O
to	O
Inspire	O
Britain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
announced	O
it	O
had	O
raised	O
an	O
additional	O
£21	O
million	O
(	O
US$30	O
million	O
)	O
in	O
funding	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
from	O
several	O
venture	O
capital	O
funds	O
and	O
Salesforce	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
was	O
included	O
on	O
Forbes	O
Cloud	O
100	O
list	O
and	O
positioned	O
as	O
a	O
'	O
leader	O
 '	O
in	O
Gartner	O
's	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
for	O
Contact	O
Centre	O
as	O
a	O
Service	O
,	O
Western	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewVoiceMedia	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
November	O
2018	O
by	O
Vonage	O
Inc	O
for	O
US$350	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
