Investor · 1 deal
Every published round Slack took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe | Unnamed stage | 24 May 2021 | $250m | Participant | Startup Daily (Mon 24 May 2021), Startup Daily (Sun 14 Mar 2021) |
Companies Slack has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe | 24 May 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Slack, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Slack has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Slack did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Slack is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
The transaction that ended Slack's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce | Acquisition | 26 Jul 2021 | $27.7b | Startup Daily (Mon 26 Jul 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 31 May 2021), Startup Daily (Sun 6 Dec 2020) |
Companies Slack acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Slack raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Slack, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| TDM Growth Partners | its portfolio page ↗ |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| April Underwood | Exec (former) | Startup Daily (Thu 17 Mar 2022), Startup Daily (Fri 26 Mar 2021) |
| Sarah Friar | Director (former) | Startup Daily (Thu 21 Nov 2019), Startup Daily (Wed 20 Nov 2019) |
| Stewart Butterfield | CEO (former) | Startup Daily (Tue 20 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 20 Jan 2022), Startup Daily (Sun 11 Apr 2021) |
Stories naming Slack. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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