A very useful overview of the Future of Work Tech space by Acadian Ventures
Jason and Jackson spent a chunk of the summer researching this year's Acadian Ventures Future of Work 100. It's a deep look at the venture backed companies in the Future of Work space. "The companies recognized on the 2024 Future of Work 100 have raised a cumulative $30 billion in venture capital financing, with a total valuation over $140 billion. The ranking is represented by companies across 17 countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the USA. Airtable, a low-code platform for building collaborative apps, tops the 2024 list. The 2024 Future of Work 100 honorees showcase the diversity of WorkTech companies and highlight strong market capitalization, increased efficient growth, and a newfound focus on profitability. In addition, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as an important theme with 93% of the recognized companies have implemented AI capabilities across their product lines. “We are at the beginning of a new world of work where innovation is constant and success will be defined by a global workforce that is improving society’s health, wellness, and prosperity,” said Jason Corsello, general partner at Acadian Ventures. “The 2024 Future of Work 100 honorees are at the forefront of this new work transformation and we continue to be impressed with the ingenuity and resilience of these companies.” Congratulations to the founders and leaders of these 100 companies, and to those investors that funded them. But especially thanks to to the 1000s of organizations that are using the solutions. Without you, there would be no future of work. I have put a link to the report in the comments, as apparently this is Linkedin's idea of user-first design. We will publish more analysis of the data over the next weeks. If you would like to talk to us about the research, we'd love to hear from you. Jason will be at the HR Technology Conference & Exposition and I'll be at UNLEASH in Paris. We will both be at Slush in Helsinki in November.