Slack

About

Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively.

San Francisco,California,United States
1001 - 5000
http://www.slack.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series F
Last Funding Money Raised: $208M
Industries: Collaboration,Enterprise Software,Messaging,Productivity Tools
Founded date: Jan 1, 2009
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nyse:WORK
Legal Name: Slack Technologies, Inc.
Also Known As: Tiny Speck
Investor Type: CVC

Slack is a global collaboration hub that makes people’s working lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. From global Fortune 100 companies to corner markets, businesses, and teams of every kind use Slack to bring the right people together with all the right information.

Slack is headquartered in San Francisco California and has nine offices around the world.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

14

$1.39B

Slack has raised a total of $1.39B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 20, 2019 from a IPO round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jun 20, 2019	IPO	—	—	—	—	Detail
Jan 28, 2019	Secondary Market	—	2	—	—	Detail
Aug 21, 2018	Series H	$427M	8	Dragoneer Investment Group General Atlantic	—	Detail
Sep 17, 2017	Series G	$412.70M	4	SoftBank Vision Fund	—	Detail
May 1, 2017	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

23

5

Slack has made 23 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 19, 2021, when Electric raised $90M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Oct 19, 2021 Electric	Series D	$90M	Information Technology	—
Mar 9, 2021 Pipe	Series Unknown	$50M	Finance	—
Oct 13, 2020 GetSetUp	Seed	$10M	Continuing Education	—
Jul 21, 2020 Crosschq	Seed	$6.50M	Analytics	—
May 18, 2020 Electric	Series B	$7M	Information Technology	Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

13

45

Slack is funded by 45 investors. Dragoneer Investment Group and General Atlantic are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Dragoneer Investment Group	Yes	Series H
General Atlantic	Yes	Series H
Thrive Capital	Yes	Series F
SVA	Yes	Seed
Light Street Capital	—	Secondary Market
Meyer Ventures	—	Secondary Market
Accel	—	Series H
Baillie Gifford	—	Series H
Sands Capital Ventures	—	Series H
SoftBank Vision Fund	—	Series H

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

153

Slack has 153 current employee profiles, including Board observer Ilya Fushman

Board observer

Executive

Employee

Executive

Executive

Exits

Slack has had 3 exits. Slack most notable exits include Troops , Wade & Wendy

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Mar 1, 2022	Troops	M&A	Artificial Intelligence	Detail
May 20, 2021	Wade & Wendy	M&A	Artificial Intelligence	Detail
Jul 18, 2018	Abacus Labs	M&A	Accounting	Detail

Acquisition

Slack has acquired 8 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Spaces on Sep 26, 2014. They acquired Spaces for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Sep 26, 2014 Spaces	Collaboration	acquisition	—	Detail
Jan 28, 2015 Screenhero	Collaboration	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 17, 2018 Missions	Enterprise Software	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 27, 2018 Stride	Collaboration	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 27, 2018 HipChat	Collaboration	acquisition	—	Detail