INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Staffbase, a mobile-first platform that enables employees to communicate, access work-related services and stay updated with company
information, has raised $23 million in Series C funding.The investment is led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing
investors e.ventures, Capnamic Ventures, and Kizoo Technology Capital
It brings total raised by Staffbase to $35 million since it was founded in 2014.Founded in Chemnitz, Germany, and now with more than 200
employees across 7 locations, including a HQ in New York, Staffbase is an app and platform designed to wean employees off email for a range
of communication, information and internal company processes
services is often frustrating and disjointed
The experience tends to be even worse for workers without access to company computers or corporate email addresses, which makes up about 70%
The platform creates one place for employees to go for access to everything they need to get their jobs done and also find further help when
working there and applied it to build a sophisticated desktop experience as well
end layer that can be designed around the employee journey
struggle to get access to company updates and services
Many of our customers have a large proportion of non-desk workers at distributed locations who would be disconnected without an app
DHL is a great Staffbase customer example
Staffbase disrupts classic top-down intranets, most notably Microsoft SharePoint and the plethora of communications tools that come with
He argues that these tools are targeted at desktop and knowledge workers and often require training to understand when and where each one
