Tag: news
Employee Experience
Wysa Nets $20M to Bring AI to Employee Mental Health
The funding for the Boston-based startup aims to bring the power of artificial intelligence to combat rising workplace stress.
Knowledge & Findability
Glean Raises $100M to Unify Search Across Enterprise Apps
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company wants to help workers quickly find the information and resources they need to get work done.
Talent Management
ZoomInfo Steps Up Recruiting Focus with Comparably Acquisition
Customer data specialist ZoomInfo is aiming to create a platform that will help recruiters attract and engage job candidates.
Collaboration & Productivity
Visier Acquires Collaboration Analytics Specialist Yva.ai
The Vancouver, B.C.-based people analytics firm wants a deeper look at employee wellbeing and productivity.
Talent Management
Retrain.ai Debuts New Talent Intelligence Platform
The New York City-based company, founded in 2020, uses artificial intelligence to identify current and future skill gaps.
Collaboration & Productivity
Digital Whiteboard Specialist Mural Acquires LUMA Institute
The San Francisco-based company aims to create a system of 'collaborative intelligence' that will connect teams and drive design thinking.
Employee Experience
Gloat's Opportunity Hub Takes Aim at Employee Experience
The New York City-based talent marketplace specialist opens its platform to third party services in employee learning, coaching and well-being.
Talent Management
Blind Survey Finds the Great Resignation Is Still Great
Four out of five professionals are considering a job change in the next three months. More than half have actually interviewed for a new job.
Collaboration & Productivity
Loom Updates Video Collaboration Platform to Support Asynchronous Work
New features added to the San Francisco-based company's Loom HQ are aimed at building connections and sharing information among distributed and hybrid teams.
Digital Workplace
Shindig's Watercoolr Wants to Be the Place for Informal Connections in the Hybrid Workplace
The New York City-based events technology company aims to recreate the office watercooler in the hybrid world of work.
Digital Workplace
Remote and Firstbase Funding Rounds Light Up a Hot Remote Work Market
Big funding rounds for the two remote work-focused startups illustrate the rapid growth of a market that existed at a fraction of its current size pre-pandemic.
Information Management
Sinequa Introduces Cloud-Native Enterprise Search Platform
The Paris-based company's Search Cloud aims to put enterprise search tools in the hands of more employees via cloud-based applications.
Digital Workplace
Omnipresent Raises $120M to Build Global Teams
The London-based startup plans to use the Series B funding to hire "several hundred" people to grow its global employment technology platform.
Employee Experience
Staffbase Raises $115M to Grow Employee Communications Platform
The Series E investment pushes the Chemnitz, Germany-based employee communications specialist into unicorn status with a valuation of $1.1 billion.
Employee Experience
Whistle Closes on $3.2M Seed Funding Round to Enhance Employee Experience Platform
Whistle, a next generation employee experience platform, received a $3.2 million seed round led by Dundee Venture Capital.
Digital Workplace
Lattice Announces New OKR and Goals Product
The San Francisco-based company adds goal setting to its suite of performance management and employee engagement software products.
Digital Workplace
Connecteam Raises $120M to Support the Deskless Workforce
The Tel Aviv-based software company plans to use the Series C funding round to triple the size of its workforce and grow operations across the globe.
Learning & Development
JFF and University of Phoenix Announce Joint Initiative to Support Black Learners and Workers
Boston-based workforce development nonprofit teams up with the for-profit university to study the role of social capital in educational and career success.
Information Management
Elastic Targets Enterprise Search Enhancements With Elastic 8.0
Elastic announces Elastic 8.0, expanding search relevance with native vector search, simplified data onboarding and streamlined security.
Information Management
Cloudflare Acquires Vectrix to Gain Visibility, Control of SaaS Workplace Applications
Cloudflare's acquisition of Vectrix is designed to add cloud access security broker functionality to Cloudflare’s Zero Trust platform.