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April 27, 2021

Is negotiation-as-a-service the next startup frontier?

Pactum, a negotiation software company founded in Estonia, has just announced a $11m Series A round — and plans to expand its Fortune 500 client base.


Pactum cofounders Kristjan Korjus, Martin Rand and Kaspar Korjus

Wouldn’t it be nice to let a robot negotiate all your contracts for you? That future might not be as far off as it sounds — at least according to Pactum, an Estonia-founded startup that has just announced its latest round of funding.

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