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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION
- BDO fund leads $10.6M finance round in Blueface, a provider of UC and IP phone systems. Link
- Toss Lab, that backs enterprise communication platform JANDI, has raised $1.7M in Series A funding led by Ascent Capital Advisors. Link
- Wazoku, a provider of collaborative innovation software, secures new funding from Barclays to support further development. Link
- Amazon’s AWS acquired meeting productivity startups DO to expand Chime.Link
- UnifiedPost acquires Nomadesk, a file sharing and synchronization software developer. Link
- Axway announces the acquisition of an enterprise file synchronization and sharing company, Syncplicity. Link
- Clearlake Capital to acquire NetDocuments, a provider of cloud-based document management, email management, and collaboration software for law firms and corporate legal and compliance customers. Link
- NetFortis acquires Fonality, a provider of Unified Communication as a Service solution. Link
- Gimmal announces acquisition of RecordLion, a leading provider of records management and information governance software. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
Rescoper (2015, Cincinnati) – A developer of AI based project management software for businesses.
LEADER BOARD – ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION
Collaboration Suite
LogMeIn (2003, Boston, IPO) – Provider of SaaS and cloud-based remote connectivity services for collaboration, IT Management & customer engagement. Went Public in 2009.
Atlassian (2002, Sydney, IPO) – Enterprise collaboration software solutions provider offering tracking, collaboration, real-time communication, code hosting and repository management. Went public in December 2015.
Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing
Box (2005, Los Altos, IPO) – Enterprise file sharing cloud storage platform with secure cloud content management and collaboration. Went public in 2015.
Dropbox (2007, SF, $607M) – Dropbox offers cloud storage, file sharing and synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Backed by BlackRock, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital.
Enterprise Content Management
OpenText (1991, Waterloo, IPO) – OpenText provides enterprise information management software solutions to help companies manage their unstructured business information. Went Public in 1996.
SpringCM (2005, Chicago, $113M) – Provider of enterprise class, on-demand workflow automation, and document management for legal and sales team in a completely web-based environment. Backed by Foundation Capital, NBVP, Growth Equity, Panorama Point Partners, Bluestem Capital, Goff Capital, Wellington Financial, SVB, and Square 1 Bank.
Knowledge Management
Bowstreet (1991, Tewksbury, $145M, Acq) – Provider of portal-based tools and technology that helps companies bring together corporate applications, documents, databases and other enterprise information into a single, integrated portal application. Acquired by IBM in December 2005.
Inkling (2009, SF, $86M) – Provides a mobile publishing platform for learning content. Backed by Sequoia Capital.
Collaborative Workspaces
Quip (2012, SF, $46M, Acq) – Provides cloud-based word processor to collaborate on documents. Acquired by Salesforce for $750M in August 2016.
Quick Office (1997, Plano, $28.5M, Acq.) – Provider of mobile office solution with cloud integrations that enables users to access, view, edit and create the content anywhere on their mobile devices. Acquired by Google in June 2012.
Enterprise Social Networking
Jive Software (2001, Palo Alto, IPO) – Provider of communication and collaboration solutions to businesses. Went public in 2011.
Yammer (2008, SF, $142M, Acq.) – Enterprise social network helps employees to create groups to collaborate on projects and share and edit documents. Acquired by Microsoft in 2012.
Enterprise Communication – Unified Communication
Cisco (1984, SF, IPO) – Offers full UC suite of integrated on-premise and cloud based applications and services based on its Unified Communications Manager. Went public in February 1990.
Mitel (1973, Kanata, IPO) – Provider of unified communication solutions for businesses focused on VoIP products. Went public in May 2006.
Enterprise Communication – Conferencing
Fuze (2009, SF, $282M, Acq.) – Provides cloud-based HD video and audio collaboration solutions along with other features such as chat, share, and comments on files. Got acquired by ThinkingPhones in 2015.
BlueJeans Network (2009, Mountain View, $175M) – Cloud-based video conferencing solution provider. Backed by NEA, Battery Ventures, NVP, Glynn Capital, Accel Partners, and Quadrille Capital.
Enterprise Communication – Messaging & Chat Apps
Vocera (2000, San Jose, IPO) – Provides mobile communication solutions for integrated, intelligent communication in healthcare and other mission-critical mobile environments. Went public in 2012.
Slack (2009, Vancouver, $540M) – SaaS team communication tool for enterprises. Backed by Social Capital, GV, Accel Partners, SV Angel.
Project Management
Workfront (2001, Lehi, $95M) – Cloud-based enterprise work management solution for marketing, IT, and other enterprise teams. Backed by Greenspring Associates, JMI Equity.
Asana(2009, SF, $88M) – Provides web and mobile application designed for teams to improve communication, organization, and collaboration. Backed by 8VC, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark and more.
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