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SignTime provides an e-signature service digitizing and optimizing core business workflows. Its platform offers seamless digital processes for key functions like sales, HR, and approvals. Ensuring end-to-end digital smoothness, it delivers a secure, auditable, legally enforceable solution by eliminating manual or static PDF interruptions.
Co-founded by Jim Weisser and Jonathan Siegel, SignTime launched September 29, 2020. Weisser, a serial entrepreneur, previously founded PBXL KK, a cloud PBX service acquired by Cisco. Siegel, also a serial entrepreneur, holds expertise in e-commerce, cloud services, and digital signature patents. Their insight addressed workflow disruptions from analog steps.
SignTime serves businesses, especially in traditional industries, pursuing digital transformation. It empowers global teams to enhance agility and productivity, replacing manual tasks with continuous digital solutions. Its vision fosters an agile workforce, eliminating waste and inconsistency by transitioning all analog workflows online for a focused environment.
SignTime has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round.
SignTime has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
SignTime is a technology company providing a fast, secure e-signature and document management platform designed to digitize contracts and workflows, particularly optimized for the Japanese market with Salesforce integration.[1][2][4] It serves businesses of all sizes—from startups to enterprises—in sectors like sales, HR, and operations, solving the problem of inefficient analog interruptions in digital processes by enabling end-to-end digital smoothness, with contracts often closing in 28 minutes via SMS or bulk CSV sending.[1][2] Key features include AI-powered auto-fill, native support for office files, audit trails, and scalable plans (E-signature, Prime Start, Prime) that add 2FA, API access, and unlimited users, driving growth through simplicity and compliance.[1]
SignTime was co-founded by Jonathan Siegel, a serial entrepreneur with experience in e-commerce, cloud services, and digital signatures.[2] The idea emerged from a mission to eliminate "digital → analog → digital" traps in workflows, where online work reverts to paper or static PDFs, causing delays and errors—initially targeting Japan to bring analog-heavy business processes online.[2] Early traction built on values like "Simple is Beautiful" and "Fast Where It Matters," with pivotal focus on business-critical areas like sales contracts and HR onboarding, evolving into a full platform with AI enhancements and integrations.[1][2]
*Note on ambiguity:* Search results also reference unrelated "Sign Time" entities (Vienna-based sign language translation for the deaf[3] and content translation services[6]), but context confirms the primary SignTime as the Japanese e-signature provider.[1][2][4][5]
SignTime rides the digital transformation (DX) wave in traditional industries, where Japan-specific challenges like paper-based approvals slow sales and operations amid global e-signature adoption.[1][2] Timing aligns with rising demand for compliant, fast tools post-pandemic, fueled by market forces like Salesforce ecosystem growth and AI automation needs.[1][5] It influences the ecosystem by enabling "digital smoothness" for mid-market firms, reducing workflow friction, and supporting OEM/resale models that accelerate DX adoption in Asia.[1][2]
SignTime is poised for expansion through API enhancements, AI-driven features, and potential global outreach beyond Japan, capitalizing on e-signature market growth and hybrid work trends.[1][2][5] Trends like deeper CRM integrations and regulatory pushes for digital compliance will shape its path, potentially evolving its influence via white-label partnerships and enterprise wins. This positions it to further disrupt analog holdouts, tying back to its core mission of frictionless digital contracts.
SignTime has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
SignTime's investors include LG Technology Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Kenji Niwa, Koichiro Yoshida, Yoshinari Yoshikawa.
SignTime has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Series B in September 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | $3M Series B | — | LG Technology Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Kenji Niwa, Koichiro Yoshida, Yoshinari Yoshikawa | Announced |