Slack

Slack Technologies, Inc. operates a business communication platform that facilitates collaboration among teams by integrating messaging, voice and video calls, and file sharing into a cohesive environment. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, helping them streamline communication and enhance productivity. Slack's software is offered under a software-as-a-service model, making it accessible to organizations globally. In addition to its core platform, Slack has established the Slack Fund, which invests in early-stage technology ventures aimed at promoting more efficient workplaces. With multiple offices worldwide, Slack continues to focus on improving the working lives of individuals and teams by bringing together people, applications, and data.

Stewart Butterfield

Co-Founder

Dillon Ferdinandi

Investor

Caroline Fiegel

Investor

Liza Gurtin

Associate Product Manager, Platform

Jason Spinell

Director, Slack Fund

Past deals in Coworking

Oyster

Series C in 2022
Oyster is a software-based employment platform that addresses the challenges of international hiring. Founded in 2019, the company aims to simplify the process of hiring and managing a global workforce. Its platform allows businesses to hire talent from anywhere in the world while ensuring compliance with local payroll regulations and providing competitive benefits. By removing barriers to employment, Oyster facilitates access to full-time job opportunities for individuals globally, promoting a more inclusive workforce. The company's mission is to transform the traditional hiring model, making it easier for companies to connect with skilled professionals, regardless of their geographical location.

Five to Nine

Seed Round in 2022
Five to Nine is a culture engagement solution that aims to enhance workplace connectivity and inclusion through its online platform. The platform enables human resource administrators to manage and evaluate both virtual and in-person internal programs effectively. By integrating workflows and collecting event analytics and feedback, it allows organizations to measure employee participation and sentiment. This data-driven approach helps HR teams create communities of interest within the workplace, promoting a positive work culture and driving business outcomes. Five to Nine focuses on leveraging culture-building opportunities to foster a more inclusive environment where employees feel engaged and connected.

WorkRamp

Series C in 2022
WorkRamp, Inc. develops a software for enterprises to onboard, train, and certify their employees. It offers WorkRamp, a software that provides templates that are used as starting point for the training needs. The company’s software also enables managers, mentors, and buddies to collaborate in real-time; and used to implement, track, and manage the training program. In addition, its solutions are used for onboarding programs, ongoing training, and certify the team members. WorkRamp, Inc. was formerly known as Bulletin Board IO, Inc. and changed its name to WorkRamp, Inc. in November 2015. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Carlos, California.

Commsor

Series B in 2022
Developer of a community platform designed to grow better, engage, and make money for community-led organizations and teams. The company's platform provides software, education, and resources that help to manage community businesses and help companies build trusted partnerships with unique audience segments, enabling community leaders to access tools for managing online communities.

Konsus

Series A in 2021
Konsus is a design company that specializes in providing on-demand outsourcing solutions for corporate teams. The company focuses on delivering high-quality design services tailored to meet the needs of various enterprises. By offering a range of design solutions, Konsus supports marketing, creative, and internal design teams in managing their projects efficiently. Trusted by numerous businesses, Konsus aims to simplify the design process, allowing companies to access professional design assistance as needed.

Oyster

Series B in 2021
Oyster is a software-based employment platform that addresses the challenges of international hiring. Founded in 2019, the company aims to simplify the process of hiring and managing a global workforce. Its platform allows businesses to hire talent from anywhere in the world while ensuring compliance with local payroll regulations and providing competitive benefits. By removing barriers to employment, Oyster facilitates access to full-time job opportunities for individuals globally, promoting a more inclusive workforce. The company's mission is to transform the traditional hiring model, making it easier for companies to connect with skilled professionals, regardless of their geographical location.

Woven

Acquisition in 2021
Woven Software, Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, offers a calendar application designed for busy professionals. The application includes features that visualize calendar events on a map and calculate necessary travel time between locations, facilitating effective daily planning. Woven allows users to block time on their calendars to account for travel to and from events. Additionally, the platform promotes collaboration by enabling users to coordinate the timing and location of events through various communication channels such as email, text, and messaging apps. This shared scheduling functionality reduces the back-and-forth typically associated with planning and ensures that all participants have access to relevant information before, during, and after meetings and events.

Oyster

Series A in 2021
Oyster is a software-based employment platform that addresses the challenges of international hiring. Founded in 2019, the company aims to simplify the process of hiring and managing a global workforce. Its platform allows businesses to hire talent from anywhere in the world while ensuring compliance with local payroll regulations and providing competitive benefits. By removing barriers to employment, Oyster facilitates access to full-time job opportunities for individuals globally, promoting a more inclusive workforce. The company's mission is to transform the traditional hiring model, making it easier for companies to connect with skilled professionals, regardless of their geographical location.

Yac

Series A in 2021
Yac is a technology company that specializes in digital voice messaging and video communication solutions. Founded in 2019 and based in Kissimmee, Florida, Yac offers a platform that facilitates asynchronous meetings, allowing users to communicate without the need for physical presence. Its services include voice messaging, screen sharing, and tools for team collaboration, making it easier for remote employees to stay connected and organized. The platform also features capabilities such as inbound call management, fax-to-email services, virtual numbers, and audio conferencing, catering to a wide range of business communication needs.

Donut

Venture Round in 2020
Donut is a software platform focused on enhancing employee engagement and fostering connections within organizations. Launched in 2016 by Christian Whitehouse, Sarah Arnold, Jeff Manian, and Dan Manian, the company operates from New York, United States. Donut's online portal facilitates interactions among team members through activities such as virtual coffee meetings, peer learning sessions, and discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion. By promoting trust and collaboration, Donut aims to strengthen company culture, enhance personal relationships, and improve employee retention.

Air

Series A in 2020
Air brings your content and collaborators together in a space designed for visual work. By giving your team back those hours previously lost each day on menial tasks, Air not only fundamentally changes team efficiency, but also enables more moments of creativity. Air was designed by creators for creators with the hopes of getting more people involved in your brand experience.

MURAL

Series B in 2020
MURAL is a digital workspace designed for visual collaboration, enabling innovative teams to solve complex problems through effective communication and teamwork. The platform is user-friendly, allowing for the rapid creation of diagrams that support design thinking and agile methodologies. MURAL's tools facilitate impactful meetings and workshops, helping global enterprises streamline decision-making, enhance alignment, and foster a culture of innovation. Major companies, including IBM, USAA, E-Trade, and Atlassian, utilize MURAL to connect teams and reduce travel costs. The company is based in San Francisco and employs over 100 individuals who work remotely across multiple time zones, with additional office hubs in Buenos Aires and Europe. MURAL's enterprise-class, cloud-based infrastructure supports a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies, reflecting its commitment to enhancing collaboration in various sectors, including education and non-profit organizations.

Yac

Venture Round in 2020
Yac is a technology company that specializes in digital voice messaging and video communication solutions. Founded in 2019 and based in Kissimmee, Florida, Yac offers a platform that facilitates asynchronous meetings, allowing users to communicate without the need for physical presence. Its services include voice messaging, screen sharing, and tools for team collaboration, making it easier for remote employees to stay connected and organized. The platform also features capabilities such as inbound call management, fax-to-email services, virtual numbers, and audio conferencing, catering to a wide range of business communication needs.

Rimeto

Acquisition in 2020
Rimeto LLC, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing application and system software that enhances workplace collaboration through detailed employee directories and profiles. The company aims to improve access to information within organizations, enabling employees to connect more effectively with their colleagues and tap into collective knowledge. Rimeto's platform integrates data from various enterprise systems, creating a custom-built directory that consolidates information about people, projects, and teams. By leveraging both public and proprietary data sets, Rimeto provides clients with a powerful tool that enhances organizational transparency and facilitates better communication and collaboration, ultimately fostering a more connected work environment. As of June 2020, Rimeto operates as a subsidiary of Slack Technologies.

MeetingNotes

Seed Round in 2020
Hugo Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in cloud-based connected meeting notes software. Its primary product, the Hugo application, enables teams to collaboratively set meeting agendas, share notes, and organize insights based on participant attendance. The software facilitates the transformation of meeting notes into actionable items and includes integrations with over 20 tools such as chat, CRM, video conferencing, and project management applications. This functionality allows organizations to manage their meetings effectively, ensuring efficiency and transparency in communication and collaboration among team members.

Parabol

Seed Round in 2019
Parabol, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing an open-source meeting application tailored for remote and agile teams. Founded in 2015 and based in Alhambra, California, Parabol enables distributed teams to conduct meetings and retrospective sessions effectively, fostering collaboration regardless of location or time zone. The platform facilitates real-time or asynchronous interactions, allowing teams to generate automatic insights about their performance from online collaboration activities. Meeting notes and tasks are automatically compiled into summaries, which are shared with team members and stakeholders. Parabol also integrates with other tools like Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and Slack, enhancing productivity by streamlining workflows. Additionally, the application analyzes meeting data to provide valuable insights into team dynamics, helping organizations identify challenges and improve overall performance.

Clockwise

Series A in 2019
Clockwise Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence software for time management. Established in 2016, it offers a smart calendar assistant that connects to users' work calendars at the system level, learning individual preferences such as working hours, time zones, and meeting tolerances. This AI-driven solution intelligently organizes schedules to enhance productivity by automatically scheduling meetings and identifying optimal times for focused work while protecting personal time. Additionally, Clockwise has introduced Clockwise for Teams, a toolkit designed to support remote workers in managing their time effectively.

WorkRamp

Series A in 2019
WorkRamp, Inc. develops a software for enterprises to onboard, train, and certify their employees. It offers WorkRamp, a software that provides templates that are used as starting point for the training needs. The company’s software also enables managers, mentors, and buddies to collaborate in real-time; and used to implement, track, and manage the training program. In addition, its solutions are used for onboarding programs, ongoing training, and certify the team members. WorkRamp, Inc. was formerly known as Bulletin Board IO, Inc. and changed its name to WorkRamp, Inc. in November 2015. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Carlos, California.

Pitch

Series A in 2018
Pitch Software GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in collaborative presentation software designed for decentralized teams. Its platform allows users to develop and share visually appealing presentations in a shared workspace, facilitating effective content collaboration. The company's innovative approach aims to streamline the presentation creation process, making it accessible to a broader audience. Pitch is supported by a seasoned team and backed by prominent investors, underscoring its commitment to enhancing how teams work together on presentation content.

Stride

Acquisition in 2018
Stride is a cloud-based communication and collaboration tool designed to enhance team efficiency. Launched by Atlassian in September 2017, it replaces the earlier HipChat platform. Stride offers features such as group chat for discussing ideas in searchable rooms and integrated collaboration tools that allow users to highlight important information directly within conversations. The platform includes a 'Focus Mode' and customizable status settings to indicate when team members need uninterrupted time for tasks. Additionally, it facilitates seamless connectivity through built-in voice and video conferencing for both desktop and mobile users, enabling easy access for team members to join meetings via sharable URLs or guest access. Overall, Stride aims to streamline team communication by integrating context, conversation, and collaboration into a single, effective solution.

Parabol

Convertible Note in 2017
Parabol, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing an open-source meeting application tailored for remote and agile teams. Founded in 2015 and based in Alhambra, California, Parabol enables distributed teams to conduct meetings and retrospective sessions effectively, fostering collaboration regardless of location or time zone. The platform facilitates real-time or asynchronous interactions, allowing teams to generate automatic insights about their performance from online collaboration activities. Meeting notes and tasks are automatically compiled into summaries, which are shared with team members and stakeholders. Parabol also integrates with other tools like Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and Slack, enhancing productivity by streamlining workflows. Additionally, the application analyzes meeting data to provide valuable insights into team dynamics, helping organizations identify challenges and improve overall performance.

Twine

Seed Round in 2016
Twine is a connected hardware platform for video conferencing and collaboration. Twine is the modern workplace connector, seamlessly linking Slack and other collaboration environments to your conference rooms and other meeting spaces. Now simple, magical control over video conferencing, presentations, and team collaboration is possible. Their Alexa integration will allow you to magically start calls, present, and book rooms just by using your voice.

Konsus

Seed Round in 2016
Konsus is a design company that specializes in providing on-demand outsourcing solutions for corporate teams. The company focuses on delivering high-quality design services tailored to meet the needs of various enterprises. By offering a range of design solutions, Konsus supports marketing, creative, and internal design teams in managing their projects efficiently. Trusted by numerous businesses, Konsus aims to simplify the design process, allowing companies to access professional design assistance as needed.

Disco

Seed Round in 2016
Disco is an HR recognition tool that offers products to recognize, reward, promote, socialize, and analyze a company culture. The tool helps the team recognize one another's contributions, big and small, and quantifies that feedback to keep culture on track. Through recognition, employees adapt company values while strengthening peer relationships, measure the pulse of the company with culture surveys in Slack, reward employees that go above-and-beyond, and publicize company values to every employee through fun and habit-forming social experiences. The San Francisco, California-based company was founded by Jeremy Vandehey, Joseph Estrada, and Justin Vandehey in 2014.

Awesome AI

Seed Round in 2015
Awesome is your Slack Sidekick, an intergalactic Bot that makes space for your team by offering Status, Sidebars, Do Not Disturb and more. Awesome is in development at Habitat. Awesome is opening Alpha access in order to learn from your feedback and make Awesome even Awesome-er.

Howdy

Seed Round in 2015
Howdy believes Slack is the operating system for a new class of helpful bots. Howdy works along side you at work and participates in the day to day activities of your company as an active member of the team.

Screenhero

Acquisition in 2015
Screenhero provides real-time collaboration web tools. Screenhero lets you screen share any application with anyone, no matter where they are. It's super simple and blazing fast. You each get your own mouse pointer, and you're both always in control. It's designed for collaboration, not just broadcasting your screen. It's like Google Docs for any application on your computer. Screenhero was founded in 2013 by the team that previously worked on iTeleport, a remote desktop app for iOS and Mac.

Spaces

Acquisition in 2014
Spaces is a collaboration tool based in San Francisco that facilitates seamless sharing and collaboration among users. The software allows individuals to combine various types of content, including text, files, images, to-dos, and code snippets, enabling them to discuss projects, comment on specific elements within documents, and make collaborative edits. Users can manage their projects privately or share them with colleagues, enhancing teamwork and productivity. Spaces integrates with popular web-based tools such as Dropbox, Google Drive, GitHub, and Jira, providing a comprehensive solution for project management and collaboration. Founded by Hans Larsen and Simon Vallee, Spaces aims to streamline the collaborative process for teams across different industries.
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