US-based communication and workflow management platform developer Scalus emerged from stealth on Wednesday with $10m from investors including Google Ventures, a subsidiary of internet and technology holding company Alphabet.
In addition to Google Ventures, Scalus’s backers include venture capital firm SherpaVentures, VC fund Data Collective and Max Levchin, a co-founder of online payment technology provider PayPal.
A spinout of BackOps, the office management software provider also backed by Google Ventures, Scalus has built a workplace collaboration and task management platform that combines workflow, process automation and communication.
Kristen Koh Goldstein, founder and CEO of Scalus, said: “Today’s generation grew up on Facebook and demands immediacy and transparency as a default condition. We saw how scaling a business was nearly impossible based on the new way we work, so we created Scalus.
“The proliferation of cloud apps and distributed teams has exposed how workflows and business processes are siloed. We developed Scalus to help organisations connect disparate systems, easily scale their distributed labour workforce and ensure that teams stay productive and effective.”