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Slack sets aside $80 million to help developers extend its platform

Slack sets aside $80 million to help developers extend its platform

December 16, 2015

Via: CIO
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If there’s any company that’s been virtually synonymous with growth over the past year or so, it’s Slack, and now the team-software vendor is taking a big step to make sure that momentum continues.

The company has established an $80 million fund to provide early-stage investments to companies building for the Slack platform, with a particular focus on apps that are designed to be “Slack-first” as well as enterprise tools that are making Slack integration a core part of their offering.

“We’re deeply committed to supporting a diverse and valuable ecosystem of third-party apps and making them easy to discover,” said April Underwood, Slack’s head of platform.

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