Peakon acquired by Workday for €580 million
Workday, a California based enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, has announced they have signed an agreement with Peakon about acquiring the startup. The price has been announced as approximately $ 700 million (€ 580 million) in cash. “Peakon is on the cutting edge of helping organizations turn employee insights into more connected […]
9 Copenhagen startups to look out for!
Ten danish startups have been selected as to watch out for by Tracxn, which amongst other has Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital as backers. These startups include nine from the Copenhagen region: Symphogen Trustpilot Pleo Vivino Peakon Planday SNIPR Biome Simple Feast Blackwood Seven These startup have together raised over € 1 billion in funding […]
Four SaaS startups praised by Accel Partners
Accel recently released a report with a focus on top 100 SaaS startups. From this region four made it to the list: Planday, Peakon, GetAccept and Templafy all where listed. “From 2016 to 2019, it rose from $2 billion to $5 billion, growing much faster than in the US, which grew from $15 billion to […]
Top angel investor becomes minister
The Danish cabinet was reshuffled today, with three new ministers appointed. One of the new ministers announced was an unusaual name in the political scene: prominent angel investor and serial entrepreneur Tommy Ahlers. He was appointed as minister for Higher Education and Science. Tommy has been one of the most active tech angels in the […]
Peakon continues to raise ambitions and funding – closes a €18 M investment
People Analytics startup Peakon, whos solution help corporations spot problems within the organisation, has announced they raised a series B round of €18 million ($22 million). The round was led by Balderton Capital, but the existing investors, being EQT Ventures fund, IDInvest Partners, and Sunstone Capital, participated as well. Peakon has been one of the […]
Danish startup Peakon raises 6.1 million in new funding round
Human resources startup Peakon recently raised 6.1 million euros in its latest round of funding led by Swedish venture capital and private equity firm EQT Ventures, revealed Di Digital. Peakon aims to improve workplace engagement, retention, and productivity through its employee engagement platform. The platform collects and analyzes employee feedback, providing valuable insights for recognizing […]
A packed CPHFTW Town Hall
The 7th CPHFTW Town Hall was held last week. This time the format had gotten a tweak – one longer session instead of multiple smaller. The evening contained two keynotes, by Peter Holten Mühlmann from Trustpilot and Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen from Balderton Capital. Besides that a session of startup pitches, and quick presentations of community initiatives […]
Peakon launches its analytics service and raises €4 million
Peakon, a new analytics tool for employee engagement and retention, previously available in closed beta, has fully launched this week. Along with the launch announcement, the company also shared news about Series A funding in the amount of €4 million (30 million DKK). The money comes from Idinvest Partners and Sunstone Capital. It will be […]
Peakon, a new startup by Danish entrepreneurs, is to be launched this fall
Phillip Chambers and Kasper Hulthin, previously of Podio, together with Christian Holm and Dan Rogers from Songkick unveiled a new startup called Peakon, writes TrendsOnline. The goal of the startup is to help business managers to better understand their employees. Peakon takes a step further from traditional serveys that evaluate work environment from the standpoint […]