Chemnitz\/Munich\/New York \u2014 Staff\u00adbase, a leading provi\u00adder of digi\u00adtal solu\u00adti\u00adons for inter\u00adnal corpo\u00adrate commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, and Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic, a leading global growth inves\u00adtor, have agreed on a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship: Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic is leading a \u20ac122 million ($145 million) finan\u00adcing round for the Chem\u00adnitz, Germany-based start-up to help it grow inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally and further expand its global leader\u00adship posi\u00adtion. Of the exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors, Insights Part\u00adners and e.ventures are parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting in the finan\u00adcing round; KIZOO and Capna\u00admic Ventures remain inves\u00adted. As part of the part\u00adner\u00adship, Achim Berg (photo), Opera\u00adting Part\u00adner at Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic and Presi\u00addent of the digi\u00adtal asso\u00adcia\u00adtion BITKOM, will join Staff\u00adba\u00adse\u2019s Advi\u00adsory Board.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 2014 in Chem\u00adnitz, Germany, Staff\u00adbase has become a fast-growing and award-winning provi\u00adder of employee apps, inter\u00adnal email news\u00adlet\u00adter tools, and modern intra\u00adnets to improve employee commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. The products are used in over 1,000 orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons by a total of more than 8 million people and regu\u00adlarly win awards. Custo\u00admers include Adidas, Audi, BHP, Deut\u00adsche Post DHL, Grou\u00adpon, Hita\u00adchi, Ikea, Johns Hopkins Univer\u00adsity, McKes\u00adson, Paula\u00adner, Suncor, Viess\u00admann and Volvo.<\/p>\n
The Staff\u00adbase plat\u00adform enables compa\u00adnies to commu\u00adni\u00adcate with all their employees in a timely and effec\u00adtive manner: from the crea\u00adtion of messa\u00adges in the corpo\u00adrate design to the fast and relia\u00adble publi\u00adca\u00adtion of messa\u00adges and the measu\u00adre\u00adment of the impact of commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion measu\u00adres. Staff\u00adba\u00adse\u2019s solu\u00adti\u00adons enable more effec\u00adtive onboar\u00adding, higher enga\u00adge\u00adment and grea\u00adter employee iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion with their employer. More and more compa\u00adnies see inter\u00adnal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion as an essen\u00adtial stra\u00adte\u00adgic task that can be used to guide and involve employees in the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion. In parti\u00adcu\u00adlar, the Covid 19 pande\u00admic and the asso\u00adcia\u00adted proli\u00adfe\u00adra\u00adtion of a hybrid work envi\u00adron\u00adment has once again high\u00adligh\u00adted the importance of targe\u00adted and agile inter\u00adnal communications.<\/p>\n
Dr. Martin B\u00f6hrin\u00adger, co-foun\u00adder and CEO of Staff\u00adbase: \u201cOur vision is to bring all employees of a company toge\u00adther through strong inter\u00adnal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion and a common mission. To achieve this, we support execu\u00adti\u00adves and commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion profes\u00adsio\u00adnals in large compa\u00adnies with the leading digi\u00adtal plat\u00adform for successful employee commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion, which we conti\u00adnue to expand at high speed. The part\u00adner\u00adship with Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic will help us further realize this goal, not least in North America. But also crucial for us is the strong local team in Germany, which will support us with its expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Chris\u00adtian Figge, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic: \u201cStaff\u00adbase is a global pioneer in the field of soft\u00adware speci\u00adfi\u00adcally desi\u00adgned for inter\u00adnal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. We have been follo\u00adwing this exci\u00adting company for some time and are now looking forward to support\u00ading the foun\u00adding and manage\u00adment team in expan\u00adding their global market leader\u00adship. Staff\u00adbase is an excel\u00adlent exam\u00adple of how broad the base of inno\u00adva\u00adtive compa\u00adnies with global ambi\u00adtion now is in Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n
Staff\u00adbase has 450 employees in eleven loca\u00adti\u00adons, with head\u00adquar\u00adters in Chem\u00adnitz and offices in London, New York, Vancou\u00adver, Amster\u00addam and Berlin. In early March, the company merged with Bananatag, the leading Cana\u00addian provi\u00adder of inter\u00adnal corpo\u00adrate commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. The combi\u00adned company is one of the worl\u00add\u2019s largest, highest reve\u00adnue and fastest growing provi\u00adders of advan\u00adced inter\u00adnal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons soft\u00adware. The merger added a native solu\u00adtion for email commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion to the estab\u00adlished employee app and intra\u00adnet plat\u00adform, as well as deeper inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adons with Slack and Micro\u00adsoft 365 colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion tools, inclu\u00adding Micro\u00adsoft Teams and SharePoint.<\/p>\n
Staff\u00adbase<\/strong><\/p>\n Staff\u00adbase is one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading and fastest growing provi\u00adders of employee apps and modern intra\u00adnets to improve employee commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion in large and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal compa\u00adnies. The mobile version allows employ\u00aders to secu\u00adrely reach their employees where\u00adver they are \u2014 in the office, at home, on the factory floor, or on the road. The plat\u00adform gives the work\u00adforce better access to corpo\u00adrate infor\u00adma\u00adtion and digi\u00adtal work\u00adplace tools. With head\u00adquar\u00adters in Chem\u00adnitz and offices in New York, Amster\u00addam, London, Vancou\u00adver, Kelowna, Munich, Leip\u00adzig, Berlin, Dres\u00adden and Colo\u00adgne, Staff\u00adbase enables inter\u00adnal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion that reaches all employees. Staff\u00adbase has more than 1000 custo\u00admers world\u00adwide \u2014 inclu\u00adding DHL, T\u2011Systems, Viess\u00admann, Adidas, Paula\u00adner, MAN Truck & Bus SE and Audi. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit staffbase.com.<\/p>\n Gene\u00adral Atlantic<\/strong><\/p>\n Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic is a leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth capi\u00adtal inves\u00adtor that provi\u00addes capi\u00adtal and stra\u00adte\u00adgic support to compa\u00adnies with high growth poten\u00adtial. Foun\u00added in 1980, the company combi\u00adnes a colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtive global approach, indus\u00adtry-speci\u00adfic exper\u00adtise, a long-term invest\u00adment hori\u00adzon and a deep under\u00adstan\u00adding of growth drivers with outstan\u00adding manage\u00adment teams to create excep\u00adtio\u00adnal busi\u00adness models world\u00adwide. Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adti\u00adc\u2019s team includes more than 175 invest\u00adment profes\u00adsio\u00adnals in New York, Amster\u00addam, Beijing, Green\u00adwich, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, S\u00e3o Paulo, Shang\u00adhai and Singa\u00adpore. www.generalatlantic.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chemnitz\/Munich\/New York \u2014 Staff\u00adbase, a leading provi\u00adder of digi\u00adtal solu\u00adti\u00adons for inter\u00adnal corpo\u00adrate commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, and Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic, a leading global growth inves\u00adtor, have agreed on a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship: Gene\u00adral Atlan\u00adtic is leading a \u20ac122 million ($145 million) finan\u00adcing round for the Chem\u00adnitz, Germany-based start-up to help it grow inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally and further expand its global leadership [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n