Slack

company

About

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

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