By Business & Finance 
Customer communication platform Intercom is to create at least 100 new jobs in Dublin over the next 12 months.
The new positions will be in a range of areas, including engineering, design and development at the company’s Dublin headquarters on St Stephen’s Green.
The tech company has raised $50m in funding, bringing the total funding raised to date to $116m.
The latest funding round attracted new interest, with Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison, Slack chief executive Stewart Butterfield and Basecamp chief executive Jason Fried.
Intercom is based in San Francisco, with an office in Dublin, was founded by Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, Ciarán Lee and David Barrett in 2011.
The company offers a platform, allowing companies to communicate with customers via their own website, inside their respective web and mobile apps, and by email.
The company has more than 10,000 customers and currently employs 250 people between its offices in Dublin and San Francisco.
