Friday, January 18, 2013

15Five Finds $1M

San Francisco-based 15Five, a firm developing software to help companies gain feedback from their employees and improve the communications and management of those companies, has raised $1M in a seed funding, the firm said this week. The funding came from Richmond Global, as well as 500 Startups, David Sacks (Yammer), John Ham (USTREAM), Jason Calacanis (Mahalo/LAUNCH) and Ben Parr (#DOMINATEFUND), Matt Brezina (Xobni) and Ben Ling (Google, YouTube, Facebook). The firm said its product helps CEOs and managers capture a snapshot of their team's progress throughout a typical workweek on a conversational, cloud platform. More information »