The Best Product Launches, Amazing Customer Service, and the People Needed in Every Startup
A newsletter for founders & friends (22nd edition)
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Welcome to the 22nd edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things weāre seeing in the future of work.
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š„ An Amazing Example of Customer Service
Very sorry to hear about your dog, Anna š . Annaās post, with 700,000+ likes and 40,000+ retweets, created because of Chewy going above and beyond, is amazing free marketing for them and a great example of what can happen when you treat your customers well.
š„ What You Need in Every Startup
And it could be the same personā¦
š„ The Best Product Launches
Some great launches in the replies - from the iPhone to Mailbox to electricity
Resources
A platform for hiring unicorn devs
A guide to finance for founders
A next-generation influencer marketing platform
Case studies of successful founders
A thread on upgrading your self-limiting belief systems
McKinseyās 7-step problem-solving framework
Future of Work Reads
The Future of Work Is Hybrid (Built in Austin)
Developing The Most In-Demand Skills For The Future Of Work (Forbes)
The future of the office is an open question, but this company is testing 3 designs to figure it out (Fast Company)
The Future Workplace Depends on Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Balance (MIT Sloan)
Companies are hiring product managers for a new in-demand role: Head of remote work experience (Fortune)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company, Elevate K-12, raised a $40M Series C, led by General Catalyst
This week on The VITALIZE PodcastĀ we had on Gale Wilkinson, General Partner here at VITALIZE, to discuss The Work Revolution, our investment focus.
Watch on YouTube
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
Caroline published her latest founder spotlight, featuring Rachel Cossar of Virtual Sapiens
Gale is hosting a couple of free āAngel Investing Playbookā webinars on June 23rd and June 28th
Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies
Future of Work Funding Rounds
PayCargo raised a $130M Series C
PayCargo is a logistics finance startup helping shipping companies get paid faster for the freight they deliver.
Top Investors: Insight Partners, Blackstone Group
Fountain raised a $100M Series C
Fountain is a talent platform that develops applicant tracking software for companies that use large numbers of hourly workers.
Top Investors: FundersClub, Y Combinator, B Capital Group, SoftBank Vision Fund, Flucas Ventures
Invoca raised a $83M Series F
Invoca uses artificial intelligence-assisted technology to help train call center workers.
Top Investors: Accel, Bonfire Ventures, StepStone Group, Upfront Ventures, Industry Ventures
Prenda raised a $20M Series B
Prenda sets up online microschools for young children.
Top Investors: Y Combinator, Album VC, Pioneer Fund, Bossanova Investimentos, Learn Capital
Workstream raised a $7M Seed
Workstream unifies how teams manage complex, analytical projects.
Top Investors: Lerer Hippeau, Xfund
Written byĀ Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing atĀ VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and 300+ memberĀ angel investing community for everyoneĀ investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the work revolution.Ā Find us onĀ Twitter,Ā LinkedIn, andĀ YouTube.