Smart-office startup Envoy laid off and furloughed 30% of its employees, and cut the salaries of others
grew up in Ottowa and spent three years working at Twitter before founding San Francisco-based Envoy. The initial idea was to replace paper sign-in sheets with a more efficient iPad experience that managed visitor intake. It quickly became a favorite in Silicon Valley, attracting $60 million in funding from brand-name founders like Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian and Quora’s Adam D’Angelo as well as investors Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures, among others.
Envoy expanded into modernizing other areas of the office like, deliveries and conference rooms, following its last fundraise in October 2018. At the time Gadea toldhe had a list of 100 other areas in the office he wanted to include in his plan of creating a smarter workplace. Gadea predicts that his company will play a large part in helping workplaces adapt once they begin reopening their doors to workers and customers alike.
“We remain committed to our mission of challenging the status quo of the workplace as we actively work on ways to help customers navigate the ‘new normal,’” Gadea said. “In a recession environment, automation around safety, security and compliance will be especially important, and keeping the user experience at the center will be critical to making this new world something people will accept.”
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