Building a successful and sustainable business as a startup or scaleup goes beyond developing great products or services. Your people are arguably the most critical success factor for growth, and having strong HR strategies in place is essential. Overlooking HR can lead to significant long-term issues, including high employee turnover, misaligned team goals, legal and… Read more »
Melbourne startup TALY has raised $500,000 in pre-Seed funding led by Skalata to transform how companies use personality data to make better decisions. Founder Peter Treloar said that while $4.3 billion is spent annually personality testing, but for the most part it’s poorly utilised. “The secret of enterprise personality testing is that most of it… Read more »
Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily is sharing the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, sharp understanding of the startups and people… Read more »
Employee experience platform Culture Amp is acquiring a Serbian people analytics startup to broaden its capabilities The cost of the deal with Orgnostic, founded in Belgrade in 2019, was not disclosed. The analytics platform combines fragmented HR data to give leadership teams rapid insights into how their workforce is tracking. That data will be plugged… Read more »
As remote and flexible work increases, so does a rising trend of employees juggling multiple jobs. As an HR professional, I find this trend both intriguing and challenging. The motivation seems to be primarily driven by the relentless increases in the cost of living. With traditional avenues such as overtime and extended working hours often… Read more »
An expat Queenslander who found his fortune building HR data analytics startup One Model in the US has scored funding from the state government-backed QIC as part of a US$41 million (A$64m) Series B. The investment will see HR Data and Analytics expert Chris Butler, who grew up in Brisbane, studied IT and software engineering… Read more »
Investors in HR Reejig have doubled down on the skills analysis startup just four months after last October’s $6 million series A, tipping in another $15 million to take the total raise to $21 million. October’s round was led by Kim Jackson’s Skip Capital, with participation from Airtree Ventures; Culture Amp’s Didier Elzinga and his… Read more »
Many entrepreneurs are super eager to be unconventional about everything. Keen to disrupt, they’ve left the comfort of a 9 to 5 and a steady paycheck to build an empire. However, when you’re accountable for a team of people; being unconventional about HR matters is a huge risk. After consulting with hundreds of startups, I’ve… Read more »
A New Zealand workplace feedback startup has raised Nz$15 million (A$14.2m) as it looks to expand internationally. Joyous was founded in 2017 by brothers Mike and Phillip Carden. The raise was led by Square Peg, with existing investors AirTree Ventures and Icehouse Ventures returning for their third round. The investment will also be used to… Read more »
Many entrepreneurs are super eager to be unconventional about everything. Keen to disrupt, they’ve left the comfort of a 9 to 5 and a steady paycheck to build an empire. However, when you’re accountable for a team of people; being unconventional about HR matters is a huge risk. After consulting with hundreds of startups, I’ve… Read more »
ASX-listed payroll and HR software platform ELMO (ASX:ELO) is using artificial intelligence in a new people analytics product that can predict when people are looking to leave the business. The company said its Predictive People Analytics (PPA) module is the first phase of a suite of new machine learning developments to deliver data-driven insights and… Read more »
Running a startup in its early stages is exciting, but it is also stressful. The culture is all about getting the business off the ground, and the focus is on growth. Everything else is superfluous, and this includes employee operations because there is simply no time to focus on this. The founders/leaders will often assume… Read more »
As working remotely/partially remote becomes the new normal, it’s imperative we consider how this arrangement affects the ‘person behind the employee’. Canva’s Head of People, Crystal Boysen, shares how Canva is looking after working parents and those who are caring for others, while we find our way through the post-COVID era. The world… Read more »
Our elected officials have put up the “open for business” sign and we’re heading back to the office! You’ve just heard the news and whilst there’s some relief, it is combined with a little voice in your head saying “here we go again”. The momentary feeling of regaining some control and that you’ve “made it”… Read more »
Recruitment software startup Reejig has scored $2.2 million from VC firm Right Click Capital and Arun Krishnankutty from OMKA Group in its first capital raise. Founded last year, Reejig uses artificial intelligence to analyse talent data to help companies find, recruit and develop talent, connecting HR systems providing insights into the skills of their workforce.… Read more »
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