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Alder Retail – Neuraflow platform

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Alder Retail · Retail · UK & Ireland

ACV

$432,000

Closed Nov 19, 2025

ACV
$432,000
Close date
Nov 19, 2025
Fiscal quarter
2025-Q4
Segment
Enterprise
Close stage
Closed Lost
Seller
Aylin Demir
Winning competitor
Taskmesh
Incumbent
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CRM loss reason
Vendor viability

Seller view vs customer view

How the CRM-stated reason compares with what the customer actually said.

Conflicting

Seller said

Seller said

Vendor viability

“Board raised concerns about our size and runway.”

Customer said

Customer said

Usability

“Our non-technical team picked the other tool in the first hour.”

Final reason

Usability

Customer names a different reason than the seller logged; customer view used as final.

Extracted reasons

Every reason pulled from sources linked to this deal, with its origin.

  • SellerSeller saidHigh confidence· Vendor viability
    “Board raised concerns about our size and runway.”

    Seller view: vendor viability

  • CustomerCustomer saidHigh confidence· Usability
    “Our non-technical team picked the other tool in the first hour.”

    Customer view: usability

Attributed root causes

Root causes this deal contributes to, weighted by how much they explain the outcome.

  • Agents fail silently without human-in-the-loop approvals

    First-principles cause behind losses mapped to: missing feature, usability, integration gap.

    Customer said100%