Asana, a work management platform, nabs $50M growth round at a $1.5B valuation

Asana, a service that teams and individuals use to plan and track the progress of work projects, is doubling down on its own project: to shape “the future of work,” in the words of co-founder and CEO Dustin Moskovitz. The startup, whose products are used by millions of free and paying users, today is announcing […] Continue reading Asana, a work management platform, nabs $50M growth round at a $1.5B valuation

Asana introduces Timeline, lays groundwork for AI-based monitoring as the “team brain” for productivity

When workflow management platform Asana announced a $75 million round of funding in January led by former Vice President Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management, the startup didn’t give much of an indication of what it planned to do with the money, or what it was that won over investors to a new $900 million valuation […] Continue reading Asana introduces Timeline, lays groundwork for AI-based monitoring as the “team brain” for productivity

Task management app Asana takes on the spreadsheet with ‘Custom Fields’

asana Asana — the enterprise SaaS businesses started by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and early FB employee Justin Rosenstein — has made a name for itself as a workflow and task management app that aims to help teams be more productive by making it much easier to figure out what needs to get done. But today, the company is taking the wraps off a new service that will not… Read More Continue reading Task management app Asana takes on the spreadsheet with ‘Custom Fields’

Task management app Asana raises $50M at a $600M valuation led by YC’s Sam Altman

Asana-main-product-image Asana, an enterprise app that lets people set and track projects and other goals, has hit a goal of its own: today, the company is announcing that it has raised $50 million. The Series C round — led by Y-Combinator’s Sam Altman — values the company at $600 million, the company tells me. As a bit of context, Asana last raised $28 million in 2012; that Series B was at a… Read More Continue reading Task management app Asana raises $50M at a $600M valuation led by YC’s Sam Altman