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To enable owners, operators, and employers to create meaningful physical and digital connections with the people in the workplace.
HqO is a real estate tech company that helps commercial property teams and employers trim operating costs and boost employee satisfaction. Its suite of tools brings together digital, physical, and personal amenities and services in a single branded space - managing things like room bookings and door access, as well as events.
It’s a fairly unique proposition and is designed to produce invaluable space usage data, enabling businesses to know precisely what cuts to make, and where.
It’s certainly a premise that’s taken off for HqO; the company has quietly landed over half of the Fortune 100 as clients, including J.P.Morgan, Dell, and JLL. Plus, it’s executed a number of acquisitions over recent years that indicate it’s looking to make its tools more data-rich.
This is a smart strategy: the labour market remains tight, and it’s got more businesses investing in employee experience as a way of attracting and retaining top talent. Plenty are betting on HqO’s data-rich, comprehensive toolset to get them there.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Oct 2023
$50m
SERIES D
Apr 2021
$60m
SERIES C
This company has top investors
Chase Garbarino
(Co-founder & CEO)Previously co-founded online publication CampusWord, then media company American Inno where they were CEO for nearly 7 years. Is also a board member for Technology Underwriting Greater Good (TUGG).
Cregory Gomer
(Co-founder & CFO)Co-founded American Inno, and subsequently worked as an advisor at Flybridge Capital Partners. Is also an advisor at Techstars and Babson College.
Jared Stenquist
(Co-founder)Originally a firefighter, who pivoted to found CampusLIVE, Breaktime Media, and then VentureApp.
Kevin McCarthy
(Co-founder)Previously the co-founder and CTO of CampusWord, Streetwise Media, and then VentureApp.
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