（2018年12月19日，/HRoot.com/）美国持续绩效管理解决方案开拓者15Five近日宣布，完成820万美元A轮融资，由Origin Ventures领投，New Ground Ventures, Chaifetz Group, Jason Calacanis’s LAUNCH Fund以及领先的SaaS投资商之一MatrixPartners跟投，最新一轮融资使15Five的总资本达到1,190万美元。
15Five将用最新投资支持其全球增长计划，包括加速产品创新，扩大销售、营销和产品团队。该公司计划在未来一年将员工人数增加100%以上。
“最新一轮融资将推进我们实现应对不断变化的工作世界的使命，”15Five联合创始人兼首席执行官David Hassell表示，“这是一个机会，可以在许多世界领先企业已有的基础上继续发展。这些企业发现，为员工提供像15Five这样的解决方案，是推动长期增长的基础。”
商业解决方案评估平台G2 Crowd上的评论者称15Five持续性能管理套件易于设置、直观且高度可定制。关键特性包括每周登记功能，员工识别，目标和关键结果跟踪系统，以及360˚评论。企业可以将平台与Slack、BambooHR、Okta、OneLogin等关键业务应用程序无缝集成。
15Five联合创始人兼首席文化官ShaneMetcalf表示：“在过去的十年里，千禧一代改变了工作场所环境，他们需要更多的反馈和职业发展机会。但是，绩效管理并没有跟上变化的速度。15Five与世界各地的企业产生了强烈的共鸣，因为它帮助企业培养适应不断变化的员工需求的文化。”
除了发展团队外，15Five还计划利用这笔资金为平台增加新的集成，包括更深入的分析功能。另一个重点是增加能够使员工更好地跟踪职业发展的功能，这最终将通过更深入的自我了解来推动长期职业发展。15Five还将在2019年提供自我管理方法培训，有望给绩效管理领域带来积极改变。
15Five Raises $8.2 Million in Series AFunding to Unleash the Potential of the Global Workforce
(Dec.19,2018,/prweb.com/)15Five, atrailblazer in the continuous performance management category, today announcedthe close of an $8.2 million Series A round led by Chicago and Salt LakeCity-based Origin Ventures, with participation from New Ground Ventures,Chaifetz Group, Jason Calacanis’s LAUNCH Fund, and leading SaaS investor MatrixPartners, who co-led the startup’s seed funding. This latest round of financingbrings 15Five’s total capital raised to $11.9 million.
15Five will use the latest investment tosupport its global growth initiatives, including accelerating productinnovation and scaling the sales, marketing and product teams. The companyplans to grow its employee headcount by more than 100 percent in the comingyear, expanding from 34 employees at the start of 2018 to more than 100 in2019.
“The latest round will advance our missionto address the changing world of work,” said David Hassell, co-founder and CEOof 15Five. “This is an opportunity to continue building on what many of theworld’s leading companies have already discovered, which is that empoweringemployees with solutions like 15Five is foundational to driving long-termgrowth.”
Reviewers on sites like G2 Crowd havepraised the 15Five continuous performance management suite for being easy toset-up, intuitive and highly customizable. Key features include a weeklycheck-in function, employee recognition, an Objectives and Key Results trackingsystem, and 360˚ reviews. Companies can seamlessly integrate the platform withcritical business applications like Slack, BambooHR, Namely, Okta and OneLogin.
15Five Co-Founder and Chief Culture OfficerShane Metcalf agrees, “Millennials have been transforming the workplace overthe last decade, demanding more feedback and career development opportunities.But, performance management hasn’t maintained pace with the rate of change.15Five resonates so strongly with businesses worldwide because it helps themfoster cultures that respond to evolving employee needs.”
In addition to using the funds to grow theteam, 15Five plans to use the capital to add new integrations to the platform,including more in-depth analytics. Another focus will be on adding featuresthat enable employees to better track career progression, which will ultimatelyallow for greater self-discovery to power long-term professional growth. 15Fivewill also be offering trainings in their Best-Self Management methodology in2019, which promises to positively transform the performance management space.
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