Workday

Workday is a software company that provides cloud-based enterprise applications for human capital management, financial management, planning, and analytics. Its offerings include Workday Financial Management with general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, cash and asset management, revenue recognition, and analytics; Workday Human Capital Management covering HR, compensation, benefits, and workforce lifecycle; and planning solutions such as Insights Business Planning Cloud and Prism Analytics that integrate finance and people data for decision making. The company also offers Workday Student for higher education and Workday Data-as-a-Service to supply data for decision support. Serving industries including technology, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, retail and hospitality, education, and government, Workday operates as a cloud-only SaaS provider. Founded in 2005 and based in Pleasanton, California, Workday focuses on unifying financial, HR, and planning processes for enterprises.

Thomas Bogan

Board Member and Member of Investment Committee

Leighanne Levensaler

Executive Vice President and Managing Director

Michael Magaro

Senior Vice President of Corporate Growth

Barbry McGann

Managing Director

Mark Peek

Managing Director

Zane Rowe

CFO

Past deals in Human Resources

Buk

Series B in 2025
Buk is a cloud-based human resource management software company that offers a comprehensive suite of HR functionalities. Its platform integrates solutions for benefits administration, talent management, payroll processing, time tracking, and recruitment. Buk's software enables organizations to manage payroll, contracts, and settlements efficiently, including features for electronic signatures. Additionally, it provides performance reports and tools for professional development, allowing clients to effectively oversee employee reviews, work environment assessments, and talent acquisition processes, such as surveys and performance evaluations. The Buk App enhances team management by facilitating notifications, document signing, and mobile access to payroll information.

Censia

Series B in 2024
Censia is a talent intelligence company that provides an AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform to transform recruitment and workforce planning. The platform analyzes skills data and enables candidate modeling, intelligent passive sourcing, instant candidate comparisons, ranking, talent landscapes, internal mobility matching, and optimized talent decisions. By contextualizing large data points, it helps HR teams scale quickly, improve operational excellence, and reduce time and cost in hiring. Founded in 2017, Censia is based in San Francisco with an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

HiredScore

Acquisition in 2024
HiredScore is a New York-based company founded in 2012 by Athena Karp that utilizes data science and machine learning to enhance hiring processes and improve talent mobility within organizations. The company offers a big data tool designed to streamline the recruitment process without disrupting existing IT systems or requiring significant effort from HR teams and recruiters. By leveraging workforce intelligence, HiredScore helps organizations efficiently manage the influx of resumes, enabling recruiters and talent acquisition teams to quickly identify priority candidates from a large applicant pool. The company's innovative approach has garnered industry recognition, including IBM's 2016 Beacon Award for delivering significant business value and transformation in the HR sector.

Northstar

Venture Round in 2022
Northstar is a provider of employee financial wellness and benefits solutions. It offers a platform that enables employers to support teams at scale through onboarding, open enrollment, and equity events, helping employees derive maximum value from total compensation. The platform combines 1-on-1 financial advisory and personal finance tools with retirement planning, budgeting, and debt management guidance. By delivering personalized financial support within the employer benefits program, Northstar helps companies communicate and administer benefits more effectively, improve liquidity, and enhance financial resilience among employees. The company works with organizations to integrate advisory services into the benefits ecosystem and to assist employees in making informed decisions about their compensation and long-term finances.

Pipeline Equity

Venture Round in 2022
Pipeline Equity is a software company that uses artificial intelligence to assess, address, and act against gender bias in organizations, with the aim of improving financial performance. Its SaaS platform connects gender equity with outcomes through modules such as Pipeline Dashboard, Pipeline Score, and Pipeline Forecast, which provide actionable recommendations, visibility into commitments to eradicating bias, and timelines for investments and expected returns. Founded in 2017 and based in Denver, Colorado, the company helps organizations identify unconscious bias, drive better business results, and influence company culture by turning equity insights into concrete actions.

Northstar

Funding Round in 2022
Northstar is a provider of employee financial wellness and benefits solutions. It offers a platform that enables employers to support teams at scale through onboarding, open enrollment, and equity events, helping employees derive maximum value from total compensation. The platform combines 1-on-1 financial advisory and personal finance tools with retirement planning, budgeting, and debt management guidance. By delivering personalized financial support within the employer benefits program, Northstar helps companies communicate and administer benefits more effectively, improve liquidity, and enhance financial resilience among employees. The company works with organizations to integrate advisory services into the benefits ecosystem and to assist employees in making informed decisions about their compensation and long-term finances.

Paradox

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2016, Paradox develops an AI-based platform that automates administrative tasks for HR teams. Its flagship product, Olivia, captures and screens candidates, improves conversions, handles interview scheduling, and answers candidate queries. Serving a wide range of clients from local retailers to Fortune 100 organizations globally, Paradox enables talent acquisition professionals to focus on human interaction while the platform handles experience, automation, and intelligence.

SkyHive

Series B in 2021
SkyHive develops a SaaS platform that facilitates workforce reskilling and provides real-time labor market intelligence. It optimizes human economies by offering customized workforce solutions.

Papaya Global

Series D in 2021
Papaya Global is a cloud‑based SaaS company that provides a global payroll and workforce management platform. Its software automates payroll processing, compliance with local labor laws, and other human resource functions for companies operating in multiple countries. The platform supports end‑to‑end employer of record services, contract worker management, immigration and work‑permit services, and integrates payments directly into the payroll workflow. By connecting data from human capital management and enterprise resource planning systems, it creates a single source of truth that gives finance teams visibility and control over workforce spending. Clients include large multinational corporations such as Johnson & Johnson, Facebook, and General Electric.

Utmost

Series B in 2021
Utmost, established in 2018, specializes in talent management software. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company consolidates various talent management systems, simplifying onboarding, offboarding, and compliance processes. Utmost's platform, designed for large enterprises, also optimizes spend and engagement for the extended workforce, serving as a Workday-native alternative to legacy vendor management systems.

Papaya Global

Series C in 2021
Papaya Global is a cloud‑based SaaS company that provides a global payroll and workforce management platform. Its software automates payroll processing, compliance with local labor laws, and other human resource functions for companies operating in multiple countries. The platform supports end‑to‑end employer of record services, contract worker management, immigration and work‑permit services, and integrates payments directly into the payroll workflow. By connecting data from human capital management and enterprise resource planning systems, it creates a single source of truth that gives finance teams visibility and control over workforce spending. Clients include large multinational corporations such as Johnson & Johnson, Facebook, and General Electric.

Peakon

Acquisition in 2021
Peakon is a developer of an employee success and human resource platform designed to optimize employee engagement and retention. The company automatically collects and analyzes employee feedback in real-time, delivering actionable insights that help businesses improve their operations. Its platform is capable of handling complex organizational structures, supporting tens of thousands of employees, and is available in over 50 languages. Employees can provide feedback through various channels, including web, mobile browser, SMS, kiosks, and a native app. By leveraging advanced analytics and text mining algorithms, Peakon measures employee engagement and satisfaction, enabling organizations to enhance the overall employee experience, productivity, and business outcomes.

Northstar

Series A in 2020
Northstar is a provider of employee financial wellness and benefits solutions. It offers a platform that enables employers to support teams at scale through onboarding, open enrollment, and equity events, helping employees derive maximum value from total compensation. The platform combines 1-on-1 financial advisory and personal finance tools with retirement planning, budgeting, and debt management guidance. By delivering personalized financial support within the employer benefits program, Northstar helps companies communicate and administer benefits more effectively, improve liquidity, and enhance financial resilience among employees. The company works with organizations to integrate advisory services into the benefits ecosystem and to assist employees in making informed decisions about their compensation and long-term finances.

SkyHive

Series A in 2020
SkyHive develops a SaaS platform that facilitates workforce reskilling and provides real-time labor market intelligence. It optimizes human economies by offering customized workforce solutions.

Papaya Global

Series B in 2020
Papaya Global is a cloud‑based SaaS company that provides a global payroll and workforce management platform. Its software automates payroll processing, compliance with local labor laws, and other human resource functions for companies operating in multiple countries. The platform supports end‑to‑end employer of record services, contract worker management, immigration and work‑permit services, and integrates payments directly into the payroll workflow. By connecting data from human capital management and enterprise resource planning systems, it creates a single source of truth that gives finance teams visibility and control over workforce spending. Clients include large multinational corporations such as Johnson & Johnson, Facebook, and General Electric.

Topia

Series D in 2020
Topia develops and provides mobility management solutions for businesses worldwide. Its platform automates global talent mobility processes, including relocation administration, tax and immigration management, expatriate payroll, and scenario-based planning. Topia serves prominent clients such as Schneider Electric, Dell, Veolia, Equinor, and AXA.

Mya Systems

Series C in 2020
Mya Systems is a San Francisco-based provider of AI-powered recruitment software, including an AI chatbot that automates candidate outreach and a conversational platform for hiring teams. Founded around 2011–2012 as FirstJob and renamed Mya Systems in 2017, the company serves enterprises and agencies and counts Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 firms among its clients. Its team includes experts in machine learning, natural language processing and data science, and the firm has raised about $32 million in venture funding across multiple rounds. In 2021, Mya Systems was acquired by StepStone, a subsidiary of Axel Springer, to broaden its recruitment technology capabilities.

Utmost

Series A in 2019
Utmost, established in 2018, specializes in talent management software. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company consolidates various talent management systems, simplifying onboarding, offboarding, and compliance processes. Utmost's platform, designed for large enterprises, also optimizes spend and engagement for the extended workforce, serving as a Workday-native alternative to legacy vendor management systems.

Landit

Series A in 2019
Landit, Inc. is a talent management platform based in New York, founded in 2014, that focuses on enhancing the career success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace. The platform offers a personalized career development solution, providing each member with a tailored playbook that includes resources, tools, and connections essential for professional advancement. Key features of Landit's offering encompass personal branding, executive coaching, the establishment of personal advisory boards, and curated skill development aligned with career opportunities. By emphasizing a customized approach, Landit enables enterprises to attract, develop, and retain high-potential diverse talent effectively.

Pymetrics

Series B in 2018
Pymetrics, Inc. is a company that specializes in neuroscience-based assessment and prediction technology aimed at transforming hiring, retention, and employee development processes. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, Pymetrics offers solutions that combine cognitive and emotional assessments with a dynamic recommendation engine. This platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze behavioral data collected from successful professionals across various roles, helping organizations identify key traits that differentiate high performers from the general population. By focusing on improving the recruitment process, Pymetrics aims to enhance accuracy and reduce bias in hiring decisions.

BetterUp

Series B in 2018
BetterUp Inc. is a leadership development company that offers an innovative online platform aimed at enhancing the personal and professional growth of individuals and organizations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, BetterUp specializes in virtual coaching, providing users with personalized guidance through one-on-one sessions with a network of over 3,000 coaches available in 46 languages across more than 90 countries. The platform focuses on fostering mental fitness, career and leadership development, and social connection, thereby enabling employees to develop new behaviors and skills that promote high performance in a rapidly changing work environment. With a client base that includes prominent organizations such as NASA, Google, and Hilton, BetterUp has established itself as a leader in the field of mental health and coaching. The company is supported by a distinguished Science Board composed of experts in positive psychology and human performance, further enhancing its credibility and impact in the industry.

Pymetrics

Series A in 2017
Pymetrics, Inc. is a company that specializes in neuroscience-based assessment and prediction technology aimed at transforming hiring, retention, and employee development processes. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, Pymetrics offers solutions that combine cognitive and emotional assessments with a dynamic recommendation engine. This platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze behavioral data collected from successful professionals across various roles, helping organizations identify key traits that differentiate high performers from the general population. By focusing on improving the recruitment process, Pymetrics aims to enhance accuracy and reduce bias in hiring decisions.

Landit

Seed Round in 2016
Landit, Inc. is a talent management platform based in New York, founded in 2014, that focuses on enhancing the career success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace. The platform offers a personalized career development solution, providing each member with a tailored playbook that includes resources, tools, and connections essential for professional advancement. Key features of Landit's offering encompass personal branding, executive coaching, the establishment of personal advisory boards, and curated skill development aligned with career opportunities. By emphasizing a customized approach, Landit enables enterprises to attract, develop, and retain high-potential diverse talent effectively.

Interviewed

Seed Round in 2015
Interviewed is a company that specializes in developing an employee assessment tool aimed at improving the hiring process for employers. By utilizing job simulations, Interviewed provides candidates with a realistic "day-in-the-life" experience of the roles they are applying for. This innovative approach allows hiring managers to observe candidates in action as they demonstrate their skills in real-world scenarios, such as managing simulated customer interactions while using a customer relationship management system. The assessments evaluate critical competencies including speed, accuracy, communication abilities, technical skills, adaptability, multitasking, and emotional intelligence. By streamlining the evaluation process, Interviewed enables employers to select the most suitable candidates efficiently and fairly, enhancing the overall quality of hiring while reducing associated costs.

Jobr

Venture Round in 2015
Founded in 2014, Jobr is a mobile application that connects job seekers with potential employers. It streamlines the hiring process by allowing candidates to browse jobs and engage with recruiters directly, while recruiters can search for suitable candidates.

Anaplan

Series D in 2014
Anaplan, Inc. offers a cloud-based connected planning platform that enables organizations to unify disparate data structures across various business functions, including finance, sales, supply chain, marketing, human resources, and operations. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, Anaplan provides its services through a subscription model, allowing users to access its platform over the Internet. The company focuses on enhancing decision-making and collaboration within organizations by delivering business planning and performance management solutions from a single hub. In addition to its core platform, Anaplan offers professional services, including consulting, implementation, training, and planning transformation advisory services. With operations in multiple countries and a network of expert partners, Anaplan supports large and fast-growing organizations in streamlining their planning processes and making informed decisions.
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