Acadian Ventures

We're excited to share that we've reached 600% year-over-year ARR growth, driven by customer success and key hires. And we're thrilled to announce new investors—including JC2 Ventures, led by John Chambers, who had this to say: “The winners in the Age of AI will be the ones who are able to harness the power of this technology and leverage it to create more customer value faster. There is an opportunity to redefine employee service for large enterprises and PeopleReign is leading the way.” We look forward, with this amazing support, to continuing the momentum as we create customer value and enable enterprises to deliver better #employeeexperiences using #AI. You can read the complete release here: https://lnkd.in/ggWUmw6U #FutureofWork #Funding

I'm excited to announce that, less than six months after our $43 million Series B round in which TechWolf brought on amazing investors like Felix Capital, 20VC, SAP, ServiceNow, Workday, Notion Capital and SemperVirens Venture Capital —we can announce another strategic investment. This time—from HSBC. AWOO!!! 🐺🚀🌖 HSBC became a TechWolf customer in 2023 and ran a successful pilot with us throughout 2024. In 2025, they're expanding their commercial partnership with TechWolf and, on top of that, becoming a shareholder, too. Welcome! ❤️ Next to Workday, HSBC is now our second customer-investor. Together with the illustrious Diane Gherson, xCHRO at IBM, they help represent the voice of our customers on the board. Rob Etheridge will represent HSBC on the board as an Observer. On that very board, we've also managed to add Dave Kellogg—the best of the best. The team and I have learned more from Dave in just a few months than I could have ever imagined, and we've just gotten started. It's a good time to be at TechWolf—and the best is yet to come! Keep an eye out for a BIG January press release. 💥

Why I’m Joining the Board of TechWolf

I left Workday four years ago to found Compa. Last week we announced our product partnership with Workday - it was a full circle moment! This morning I wrote about our journey to get here, and why I am so excited for our shared Compa/Workday customers. Join Emily Walker and me tomorrow for a live webinar conversation about our shared vision for revolutionizing compensation! Link to register in the comments below. #compensation #workday #startups

Earlier in September, we shared the news of our #SeriesD fundraise with our customers, partners, and friends. Today we’re equally as excited to announce that our Series D raise has grown, with additional financing from ServiceNow Ventures 🎉 We are grateful to ServiceNow Ventures for sharing our belief that #globalemployment can be viable, compliant, and equitable for all. Read more about our new funding from ServiceNow Ventures here 👉 https://bwnews.pr/3O2gruj

Congrats to Jerome Gouvernel and team datascalehr on securing its latest round of funding to continue disrupting and innovating payroll and HR APIs and data movement! https://lnkd.in/eXGaDi6J I love the partner/investor in Acadian Ventures...a perfect landing spot to nurture and fuel the next phase of growth at #datascale! Check out the conversation Jerome had with Julie and I on HR & Payroll 2.0 Podcast...."The Global Payroll Conundrum"... one of our most downloaded episodes.... https://lnkd.in/e78CQ7Gj

Excited to be named one of the 2024 #Fintech100 by CB Insights. Alongside other 99 Fintechs across the globe, we are confident that access to financial services continue to expand. 🥂🥂 To this win and many more! 💪💪 Paul Kimani 🇰🇪🌍 Jackson Kibigo Edwin Mwangi

We are excited to announce our acquisition of Progression, a London-based SaaS company specializing in advanced AI-driven career frameworks and job architecture solutions. Progression’s cutting-edge technology complements our global outplacement and career development services, empowering organizations to enhance their upskilling and reskilling efforts. This acquisition strengthens our ability to offer end-to-end career development solutions, driving employee engagement, retention, and long-term success. Together with Progression, we are better equipped to help businesses build modern job architectures, integrate AI-embedded tools, and provide actionable career pathways for their workforce. This milestone marks a new chapter in our mission to empower employees to reach their full potential and help organizations stay competitive in an evolving talent landscape. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eMTWsKJd