Salesforce Ventures, Okta, Slack, PayPal Ventures and HR Tech Investments contributed to the human resources software developer’s latest round at a valuation exceeding $1bn.
Author: Fernando Moncada Rivera
Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the Global Venturing Review podcast.
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