Future of Work Startups

Alivo offers an AI-powered notification system that routes alerts to the right team member based on role and preferences, reducing noise by only notifying on key business events, lead replies, emergencies, and milestones. The platform serves sales and customer-facing teams across industries who need real-time updates delivered via in-app, SMS, or email.

4 investors

Almanac is a document collaboration platform that integrates with tools like Jira, GitHub, Linear, Loom, Figma, Google Workspace, and others to embed content and enable document review and commenting workflows.

4 investors

Amie is an AI-powered meeting and productivity app that records calls without in-call bots, generates summaries and action items, and connects to calendar, email, and task tools to automate meeting follow-up and schedule a user's day. It offers an MCP that gives AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT access to a user's meeting notes, calendar, emails, and todos, with integrations for Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Pipedrive, and Linear.

4 investors

Ando builds software and AI infrastructure for frontline and restaurant operations, covering workforce design, payroll, labor platforms, and customer experience. It targets industry systems such as restaurants and frontline operations teams.

4 investors

App Academy is a coding bootcamp that trains people with no prior experience to become software engineers, offering programs in software engineering, data analytics, cybersecurity, and quality assurance. It provides online and on-campus courses with flexible payment options, including deferred tuition plans, aimed at career changers entering the tech industry.

4 investors

Appspace is an internal communications platform that distributes messages across multiple employee endpoints including digital signage, mobile apps, intranets, and messaging services like Teams and Slack. The platform helps organizations manage workplace announcements, safety information, and employee engagement.

4 investors

asap.work is a temporary staffing agency and recruitment firm that connects candidates with job openings, offering personalized support through dedicated mission and administrative managers. It operates in France, posting positions such as industrial recycling production roles.

4 investors

Augment offers a unified workspace for organizing, tracking, and sharing work. It is aimed at teams and individual users looking for a single tool to manage their tasks.

4 investors

AVI-SPL is a technology solutions provider that designs, deploys, manages, and supports digital workplace communication, collaboration, and experiential technology and services. Founded in Florida in 1979 as Audio Visual Innovations, it serves enterprise customers across more than 100 countries.

4 investors

Axis provides a customizable hub for Corporate Affairs teams to access policies, updates, and resources. The platform covers regulatory, legal, and policy information across 40+ countries and 200+ industries.

4 investors

Back provides an employee service platform that lets staff find answers, contact HR or other internal teams, and complete common workplace tasks directly within Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Google Chat. It offers HR chatbots, self-service, request tracking, workflow automation, and analytics for internal service teams.

4 investors

Besty is a platform that combines AI, guest experience management, and property operations tools for vacation rental managers. It automates workflows, manages multi-channel guest communications, and coordinates property systems in a single interface.

4 investors

BigTime is a project and resource management platform that helps professional services firms track time and expenses, manage projects from quote to cash, and optimize margins and cash flow through a unified system.

4 investors

Blink provides a unified mobile communications platform designed for frontline workers who lack traditional corporate email and desk access. The platform enables two-way communication, content management, and collaboration for distributed workforces across industries like healthcare and retail.

4 investors

Bloom is a coaching platform that delivers personalized, short-form advice drawn from experienced business leaders, available on demand without scheduled meetings or video calls.

4 investors

Breakthru offers a library of 2-minute guided movement and breathing microbreaks designed to reduce stress and musculoskeletal pain while improving focus, energy, and cognitive endurance. It is a workplace wellness product for teams and organizations, using microbreaks during meetings, trainings, and team challenges.

4 investors

Bridge is a software tool for facilitating warm introductions, letting connectors receive, review, and approve double opt-in intro requests via embeddable links and sending the introduction emails from their own account. It automates follow-ups, feedback requests, and AI-based categorization of intros (fundraising, recruitment, sales), and is used by platforms, investors, and super connectors.

4 investors

Bright Breaks offers a workplace wellness platform providing short (7-minute) live and on-demand sessions—including meditation, yoga, stretching, strength training, and cooking workshops—that are auto-scheduled into employees' Outlook or Google calendars. It serves organizations aiming to reduce employee stress and burnout while boosting productivity and connection among remote teams.

4 investors

Buk offers an HR management platform that includes tools for organizational development, aimed at companies managing their workforce. It also provides educational resources such as ebooks, podcasts, calculators, and training for its platform.

4 investors

Bunker Insurance provides commercial insurance for small businesses, freelancers, and independent professionals, offering tailored policies and usage-based insurance (UBI) with short-term coverage matching contract lengths. Policies can be purchased online and shared as proof of insurance, and the company partners with major insurers to cover business risks.

4 investors

Canary provides technology and services that let employers, nonprofits, community foundations, and philanthropic donors deliver emergency relief payments to workers and community members. Its Grant Circle product administers employee relief funds to support financial well-being in the workplace.

4 investors

Capture was a note-taking application that allowed users to capture notes, to-dos, and web pages. The company is no longer in operation.

4 investors

Centrical provides an AI- and gamification-powered employee performance experience platform for frontline customer-service agents and their managers, covering performance management, coaching, quality management, microlearning, and voice-of-the-employee feedback. It serves large enterprise brands such as Microsoft, Teleperformance, and Synchrony Financial.

4 investors

Chatterbox provides enterprise language learning that combines app-based, AI-powered self-study with live 1:1 video coaching from native-speaking coaches, offering courses in Dutch, German, French, English, Arabic and Spanish. It serves corporate clients and emphasizes social impact, with CEFR-aligned courses, dedicated account management, and business-focused vocabulary and cultural context.

4 investors