Collaborate Disseminate
With the last year changing how (and where) many of us work, organizations have started to rethink how well they manage their employees, and what tools they use to do that. Today, one of the startups that is building technology to address this challenge is announcing a major round of funding that underscores its traction […] Continue reading Personio raises $125M on a $1.7B valuation for an HR platform targeting SMEs
Productivity software has been getting a major re-examination this year, and human resources platforms — used for hiring, firing, paying, and managing employees — have been no exception. Today, one of the startups that’s built what it believes is the next generation of how HR should and will work is announcing a big fundraise, underscoring […] Continue reading HiBob raises $70M for its new take on human resources
Workforces are getting more global, and people who work day in, day out for organizations don’t always sit day in, day out in a single office, in a single country, to get a job done. Today, one of the startups building HR to help companies provision services for and manage those global workers better is […] Continue reading Papaya Global raises $40M for a payroll and HR platform aimed at global workforces
A startup that’s hoping to be a contender in the very large and fragmented market of human resources software has captured the eye of a big investor out of the US and become its first investment in Spain. Barcelona-based Factorial, which is building an all-in-one HR automation platform aimed at small and medium businesses that manages […] Continue reading Factorial raises $16M to take on the HR world with a platform for SMBs
Technology has been used to improve many of the processes that we use to get work done. But today, a startup has raised funding to build tech to improve us, the workers. 15Five, which builds software and services to help organisations and their employees evaluate their performance, as well as set and meet goals, has closed […] Continue reading 15Five raises $30.7M to expand its employee development toolkit
Understanding the role of HR and security in protecting sensitive data The human resources department is one of the crown jewels of any organization, housing some of the most sensitive and private information. Cybercriminals frequently target HR with t… Continue reading HR and Security in the Era of Cyberattacks
One of the great things about enterprise chat applications beyond giving employees a common channel to communicate, is the ability to integrate with other enterprise applications. Today, Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise collaboration and communication application, and ServiceNow announced a new chatbot to make it easier for employees to navigate a company’s help desks inside Workplace Chat. […] Continue reading ServiceNow teams with Workplace by Facebook on service chatbot
Twelve years’ worth of data has blasted off into the Dark Web. Continue reading Hackers Succeed in NASA Mission, Lifting Thousands of Employee Records
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 15th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Google+ shutdown, weapons systems vulnerabilities, and new data on voice phishing scams. Silent Pocket is a proud sponsor of the Sh… Continue reading Google+ Shutdown, Weapons Systems Vulnerabilities, Voice Phishing Scams – WB38
Leena AI, a recent Y Combinator graduate focusing on HR chatbots to help employees answer questions like how much vacation time they have left, announced a $2 million seed round today from a variety of investors. Company co-founder and CEO Adit Jain says the seed money is about scaling the company and gaining customers. They hope […] Continue reading Fresh out of Y Combinator, Leena AI scores $2M seed round