Atlanta Ventures empowers SaaS entrepreneurs to achieve their potential through community, content, and capital. It also has an in-house Studio where they co-found companies with passionate entrepreneurs to solve massive problems. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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OpenView is an expansion stage venture firm that helps grow software companies like Instructure, Kareo, Datadog, and Expensify into market leaders. Through OpenView's Expansion Platform, they help companies hire the best talent, acquire, and retain the right customers and partner with industry leaders so they can dominate their markets. OpenView's focus on the expansion stage makes it suited to provide truly tailored operational support to their portfolio companies. OpenView Partners has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

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ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations. The firm is a trusted advisor and thought partner, facilitating meaningful strategic relationships across investment opportunities, family governance, and global impact. ICONIQ provides financial advisory and family office services, and manages direct investments across asset classes, with a specific focus on technology growth equity, venture capital, middle-market buyout, and real estate.

ICONIQ Capital

ICONIQ Growth partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and leaders who drive global impact and change. The firm is inspired by visionaries defining the future of their industries by building company cultures that endure. ICONIQ Growth has a unique investment platform harnesses the power of ICONIQ Capital’s vibrant ecosystem of founders, pioneers, and business leaders with the goal of delivering tangible value and amplifying our portfolio companies’ success from early growth stage to IPO and beyond. ICONIQ Growth’s portfolio of innovators includes Adyen, AirBnB, Alibaba, Alteryx, Automattic, BambooHR, Braze, Chime, Collibra, Coupa, Datadog, Docusign, Gitlab, Marqeta, Miro, Procore, Red Ventures, Relativity, ServiceTitan, Snowflake, Sprinklr, Truckstop, Uber, Wolt, and Zoom, among others.

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Tope spent the last seven years growing strategic accounts and territories for some of the most successful software companies including IBM, Perceptive Software, ImageRight/Vertafore and EMC. During that time, he managed $2m+ territories, won numerous awards, influenced others to achieve results and succeeded in high-pressure environments. When not fine-tuning and perfecting Calendly, he’s probably LOLing at a standup comedy club, occasionally showing up for CrossFit or dreaming about a tropical vacation.

Calendly is a SaaS-based meeting lifecycle platform that automates scheduling by eliminating back-and-forth emails when arranging meetings. The platform lets users share their availability preferences through customizable booking pages, where invitees can select convenient meeting times based on the host's calendar availability. The software automatically checks for conflicts across connected calendars including Google Calendar, Office 365, Outlook, and iCloud to prevent double-bookings. The platform supports various meeting types including one-on-one appointments, group sessions, and round-robin scheduling. Calendly's workflow automation capabilities include features like automated reminders, follow-ups, and payment collection through integrations with apps like Stripe and PayPal.

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Calendly is a SaaS-based meeting lifecycle platform that automates scheduling by eliminating back-and-forth emails when arranging meetings. The platform lets users share their availability preferences through customizable booking pages, where invitees can select convenient meeting times based on the host's calendar availability. The software automatically checks for conflicts across connected calendars including Google Calendar, Office 365, Outlook, and iCloud to prevent double-bookings. The platform supports various meeting types including one-on-one appointments, group sessions, and round-robin scheduling. Calendly's workflow automation capabilities include features like automated reminders, follow-ups, and payment collection through integrations with apps like Stripe and PayPal.Calendly uses a subscription-based pricing model,<a href="https://calendly.com/pricing"> offering</a> a free tier along with paid options: the Standard plan stands at USD 10 per user, per month; the Teams plan at USD 16 per user, per month; and the Enterprise plan starts at USD 15,000 annually.Key customers and partnershipsAs of&nbsp;<a href="https://calendly.com/#:~:text=for%20more%20than-,20%20million,-users%20worldwide">November 2024</a>, Calendly serves over 20 million customers worldwide and is used by 86% of Fortune 500 companies. Notable customers include DocuSign, Twilio, Credera, Zoom, and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). In March 2024, Calendly announced a partnership with Intercom to enable leads and customers to schedule meetings directly through Intercom Messenger, helping companies accelerate their sales cycles.

Hive is a productivity platform for project management and collaboration. The platform provides automated workflows, project planning layouts, and action templates to assign and keep track of project tasks. Hive focuses on improving task execution with instant feedback cycles for editing and approvals. Additional features include note taking (Hive Note), instant messaging, online meetings, and file sharing.Hive offers a variety of ways for teams to organize their projects, including Gantt charts, Kanban boards, tables, and calendars, with updates made in one view automatically reflected in all others. The platform allows team members to create action cards with files, sub-actions, dependencies, and comments to stay on top of their objectives, and have access to a personal to-do list that compiles all assigned tasks from all projects. Managers can use Hive to assign approvals, share proofs, provide feedback, and collect project forms from clients and customers. Hive also uses AI and machine learning to provide insights on team productivity and identify potential risks, and to optimize resource allocation and client billing.Key customers and partnershipsThe company’s customer base includes Google, Toyota, Comcast, and Starbucks. Hive offers integrations with over 1,000 SaaS platforms, including Asana, Trello, Basecamp, and Smartsheet, allowing users to import tasks from these platforms.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/5208">August 2021</a>, Hive raised USD 10 million in a funding round led by Rembrandt Venture Partners with participation from Zoom, and existing investors Tribeca Venture Partners and Angelpad. Hive is one of the first startups to receive an investment from Zoom’s “Zoom Apps Fund” (a USD 100 million global venture fund). The fresh funds were allocated toward platform development.&nbsp;

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Grain’s software allows users to record, highlight, transcribe, and share online meeting content from tools such as Zoom in an effective manner. It automatically records and transcribes meetings, allowing users to create shareable video clips from highlighted transcript sections. Grain leverages AI to generate customizable meeting notes and answer questions about the transcript. It supports coaching and collaboration through comments and training content creation. The platform offers deal analytics and insights, tracking key account activities and integrating with tools like HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, and Slack. &nbsp;The company’s products focus on distributed teams, sales, product and user research, and hiring teams.In April 2022, the company acquired Ping Pong, a video messaging platform.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/9759">April 2022</a>, Grain raised USD 16 million in Series A funding led by Tiger Global Management. The funds were raised to expand operations and develop its ​​video meeting system of record for content, which allows employees to collaborate around insights, topics, relationships, or teams.

Grain

Air is a creative operations platform designed for creative teams to streamline their workflows and collaborate more effectively. It offers a comprehensive solution that goes beyond basic cloud storage systems, catering specifically to the needs of the creative process. Air allows users to collect content, approve assets, share versions for feedback, and organize their work seamlessly, eliminating the need for additional organizational efforts.Air provides a centralized hub for content collaboration, approval, and versioning. Air's technology streamlines various aspects of the creative workflow, including content collection, asset approval, version control, and feedback sharing. Unlike traditional cloud storage solutions, Air's platform is tailored to the specific requirements of creative teams, enabling them to work more efficiently and effectively.Key customers and PartnershipsThe company’s customer base includes notable firms such as Native, Together, Spindrift, and Univision.&nbsp;Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8139">January 2022</a>, Air raised USD 10 million in an “Operator Round” led by Headline with participation from Tiger Global, Lere Hippeau, and 50+ strategic founders and marketing executives including Peter Rahal (Co-Founder, RXBAR), Kipp Bodnar (CMO, HubSpot), and Joe Thomas (CEO, Loom), valuing the company at USD 110 million. The funds were used to accelerate Air’s go-to-market activities and growth.

Acapela was co-founded by Roland Grenke, founder of Dubsmash, a video sharing social media app. Acapela facilitates online meetings without real-time interaction between participants; instead, members contribute to meetings over time.Acapela provides voice and video messages integrated with popular productivity tools such as Asana, Google Workspace, Notion, and Atlassian. Additionally, meetings will generate tasks and meeting summaries automatically. The company identified distributed tech teams as its initial target segment and plans to shift focus toward small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and larger enterprises eventually. The product is currently in invite-only beta.In October 2020, the company exited stealth mode with a USD 3 million seed funding round led by Visionaries Club. The round included Entrepreneur First and other notable individual investors, such as Christian Reber (founder of presentation software Pitch) and Taavet Hinrikus (founder of online money transfer service TransferWise).

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iObeya is a cloud-based enterprise visual management platform that enables organizations to digitize their Lean, Agile, and Industry 4.0 practices. The platform provides virtual "Oobeyas" (Japanese for "big room"), which are digital collaborative workspaces where teams can align, synchronize, and visualize their work using digital boards, sticky notes, and other visual tools. iObeya's platform allows teams to recreate the in-person experience of paper-based visual management practices with real-time collaboration, enhancing team efficiency, creativity, and problem-solving.iObeya's technology supports a wide range of enterprise use cases, including industrial product lifecycle management, manufacturing operational excellence, product development, and continuous improvement for business performance and agility. It integrates with various systems like ERP, MES, BI, and Application lifecycle Management (ALM) tools such as Atlassian Jira and Microsoft Azure DevOps Server.Key customers and partnershipsiObeya's customer base includes global enterprises such as Airbus, Thales, Volvo, Philips, Cartier, Axa, Eli Lilly and Company, Western Digital, General Electric, Kimberly-Clark, Danaher, and Sanofi.Funding and FinancialsIn July 2020, iObeya raised USD 17 million in a series A funding round led by Red River West with participation from Atlantic Bridge Capital and Fortino Capital Partners. The funds were allocated to develop its platform further and accelerate the company’s expansion in the US.

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Platforms that provide virtual workspaces using spatial technology to combine a variety of productivity and collaboration tools in a single space.

Platforms that provide standalone presentation software, prototyping and web development software, templates, and design workspaces.

Platforms that facilitate task delegation and tracking with board, timeline, and kanban style views.

Platforms that provide standalone video communication tools and complementary products such as interactive interfaces, presentation features, and transcription software.

Platforms that offer chat and email-based collaborative tools.

Solutions in this industry hub are predominantly offered under a B2B SaaS model

Some solutions in the virtual office and video conferencing segments are based on AR/VR

Facilitates hybrid workforces by offering tools for employees to collaborate regardless of location

Meeting transcription and note-taking apps, design, and project management tools use AI/ML for product development

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 Calendly, a platform focusing on scheduling meetings, has debuted a revamped browser extension, accessible on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Outlook. The updated feature incorporates a "Meetings" tab, enabling users to oversee and alter meetings organized via Calendly. There's also a fresh "Contacts" tab, providing the ability to monitor forthcoming meetings and participants. The extension facilitates the sharing of links for various meeting types, immediate booking of subsequent calls, and the scheduling of several meetings for identical time slots. 
 Calendly posits that this refurbished extension, when used alongside integrations such as Gmail and LinkedIn, has the potential to significantly reduce the time that users allocate to alternating between apps and websites. The objective of the extension is to aid not only in scheduling but throughout the entire meeting process, with features designed for managing and recording meeting transcripts. 
 
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