| Website | yammer.com |
| Blog | blog.yammer.com |
| @yammer | |
| Category | Enterprise |
| Phone | 888-926-7376 |
| Employees | 60 |
| Founded | 9/08 |
| Description | Work updates for enterprise employees |
| Total | $14.9M |
| Series A, 1/09 Charles River Ventures The Founders Fund | $5M |
| Series B, 2/10 Emergence Capital Partners Charles River Ventures Goldcrest Investments Ron Conway | $9.95M |
Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: “What are you working on?”
The company was founded by David Sacks formerly the COO of PayPal. Yammer grew out of the genealogy app Geni as a way for organizations to communicate.
As employees answer that question, a feed is created in one central location enabling co-workers to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information. Yammer also serves as a company directory in which every employee has a profile and as a knowledge base where past conversations can be easily accessed and referenced.
Anyone in a company can start their Yammer network and begin inviting colleagues. The privacy of each network is ensured by limiting access to those with a valid company email address. The basic Yammer service is free. Companies can pay to claim and administer their networks.
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