Denmark-based Leapwork raises $10M for Simplified Work Process Automation
Employee experience crosses all aspects of an employee's life at work. Removing repetitive and tedious tasks is an area many are focused on. Will this capability ultimately reside in a cross-platform play like Leapwork, or in the platforms themselves? From TechCrunch:...
Spur raises $8 million to Provide HR and Payroll for Hourly Workers
HR and payroll for hourly workers and the middle market is an increasingly crowded space with new vendors and startups. The latest entry being Spur. Just in time to be added to the HRWins HCM Landscape for the Middle Market, due in early May 2019. From VentureBeat:...
HRWins Insights: Workplace Intelligence Report: Employees Aren’t Buying “Work-life Integration” – part 4 in Series
He’s Back. Controversial Zenefits Founder Launches Rippling And Raises $45M to “kill HR and IT busywork”
Do you remember Parker Conrad? Probably not, but you might remember the scandal he's famous for. He's the original founder of Zenefits that was ousted over big regulatory problems along with a $500K settlement to the SEC over charges alleging that he misled investors...
U.K.-based Natural HR secures $326K USD for its HRIS
There's a growing list of core HCM tech targeting the middle-market. It's made up of firms like Natural HR and international players targeting market. While a $326K round of funding sounds like an Angel or Seed round, Natural HR has been at it for 10 years and boasts...
Automattic, the Company Behind WordPress, Enters the HR Tech Market With Distributed Workforce Tools
Automattic, the company behind Wordpress is known for two thing: Wordpress and their unique "everyone works remote" policy. Now they're jumping into the HR Tech market with "Happy Tools" workforce products. Tools targeting a distributed workforce, starting with...
Netherlands-based Unit4 Acquires Intuo To Extend HCM Offering For Service Businesses
Another deal highlighting market segment specialization. The services segment is hot. I expect to see more HR tech apps and platforms focused there. This is less about market consolidation and more about standing out in a growing and fragmented marketplace. From...
Goodly Raises $1.3M Seed For Student Loan Assistance Employee Benefit
Financial wellness is a sub-category of total well-being that gets a lot of attention in the world of HCM and benefits. Student loan debt is increasingly viewed as an area where employers can better attract and retain talent via a benefits offering. I expect to see...
HRWins Insights: Workplace Intelligence Report, part 1 in series
PODCAST: Making Your Business Case for HR Software
Making the business case to buy new, or replace existing, HR technology can be a daunting task. That's probably why we spend a lot of our time at HRWins with employers on this topic and do recurring research on it. HRWins recently asked 1,000 U.S. business leaders, in...
2019 HCM Trends Report: HR’s Opportunities To Impact Work
I've worked with my partners in the HR Federation to bring you this 2019 HCM trends report spanning all categories of work, HR, and technology. Good news! HR and HR technology is poised to have incredible impact on work. The insights here are based on research from...
Meet The 2017 HRWins Top HR Companies To Watch: Ceridian, HCM Innovator For The Enterprise
Ceridian has transformed itself from a global payroll service bureau largely focused on small and medium businesses to a global HCM tech innovator, providing solutions, including their legacy payroll services, across the entire employee lifecycle for the enterprise....