Now Blink is planning to relocate its HQ to New York to better tackle the U.S. Those users are very engaged, CEO Sean Nolan tells me, with some 72% of all users opening it on average 13 times a day to check things like pay slips, shift rostering, holiday and overtime pay, to chat with each other and read their company’s latest announcements.
Blink app drivers#
Blink was founded in London - where it has found strong traction with metropolitan bus networks (where some 5,000 bus drivers are using the Blink app) and the NHS (where thousands of frontline workers in clinical and nonclinical roles are also on Blink). The startup will be using the capital to double down on growth. Blink has confirmed that the funding values it at $100 million.
Blink app series#
In one of the latest developments, Blink - a startup and app of the same name that provides a platform for frontline workers to use and engage with the various IT services used by their organizations, as well as with each other - has picked up $20 million, a Series A that is being led by Next47, with participation from early investors Partech and Techstars. It does not store any personal data.Apps catering to frontline workers are seeing a surge of interest in the market these days, as businesses finally start to wake up to using tech to better connect with these employees, and investors eye up an interesting and new growth opportunity in enterprise IT. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. In just a year, Blink has already been adopted by more than 60,000 enterprise users in the UK, US and Australia who open the Blink app more than 15 times per day on average.”īlink is now opening up the platform so any company can sign up on the company website. Now more than ever they need empowering with better tools so they can effectively perform their essential roles.”Ĭommenting on the choice to invest in the app, general partner at Partech Romain Lavault said: “It’s for the millions of essential nurses, bus drivers, construction workers or supply chain operators that run the economy.
“The whole deskless workforce has been starved of investment.
“The COVID-19 crisis has underlined the critical role that frontline and key workers play in our society,” said CEO Sean Nolan. Indeed, the company reports its highest growth yet in April, driven by healthcare employers who adopted the app as part of a COVID-19 response. Over the last 15 months, the app has been developed in partnership with organisations such as Stagecoach, Domino’s, and crucially, the NHS. The company opened offices in New York City and Sydney earlier this year.īlink allows employers to send out information to frontline workers (updates, digital forms, payslips), gives workers a space to send feedback to management, and enables social connection among employees who likely don’t work in the same physical space. Though publicly launching today, the app has already been deployed in over 100 organisations and 14 countries. Blink, a London-based app that connects frontline employees, has announced £8.2 million in funding from Partech Partners and a group of angel investors.