PandaDoc
PandaDoc is an American software company providing SaaS software. The platform provides sales processes software. PandaDoc is based in San Francisco, California with main offices in St. Petersburg, Florida. PandaDoc is document automation software as a service with built-in electronic signatures, workflow management, a document builder, and CPQ functionality. Some Belarusian-born employees of the company were persecuted in Belarus for participating in 2020 Belarusian protests. History. In 2012 company was founded by Mikita Mikado and Sergey Barysiuk in Minsk, Belarus. In 2014 company headquarters were moved to the Silicon Valley. Mikita Mikado and Sergey Barysiuk initially created  Quote Roller in 2011, in 2017 company has opened new office in St. Petersburg, Florida In 2015 company raised $5M in Series A, led by Altos Ventures. PandaDoc closed two Series B fundings, B1 in May 2017 with $15M, and B2 in August 2018 worth $30 million led by One Peak Partners. In September 2021, PandaDoc closed a Series C with a $1 billion valuation, thus becoming the first Belarus-originated unicorn. Software. PandaDoc proposal and contract software is a SaaS product for sales processes. Features. PandaDoc includes features to create, track and execute  documents, as well as functionality for electronic signatures. It consists of features in the following categories: proposals, quotes, team management, content management, branding, tracking, workflow, productivity, etc. It integrates with several CRMs, as well as ERP, payment, cloud storage, and other systems. Political activity. Several PandaDoc employees were arrested in Belarus in September 2020 in retaliation for founders personally protesting crackdowns on participants of 2020–21 Belarusian protests that followed rigged elections earlier; the founders have offered a financial, aid and professional retraining (in the tech industry) to the police officers who have lost their jobs because of refusing to illegally  suppress protesters. Most of the arrested employees were conditionally released later that autumn; the last remaining person under arrest was released in August 2021. On 31 August 2021, the authorities of Belarus announced that the case against PandaDoc was closed after the defendants admitted their guilt and compensated the alleged damage. As March 2021, the company’s office in Minsk was in liquidation process, and many employees have moved to an office located in Kyiv.