Randstad Innovation Fund (RIF) is investing in Brazen, its fifth investment to date. The Brazen platform allows organizations to schedule and host chat-based online meetups and events to engage a wide variety of audiences. More than 150 customers including Raytheon, Amtrak and Gannett are using the Brazen platform to engage existing employees and attract and hire new talent.
Real-time messaging and collaboration applications have experienced explosive growth as companies across industries seek to improve employee productivity, increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs. However, to date, the benefits have been limited to enabling interactions among internal teams. Brazen’s software-as-a-service platform allows companies to create engagement and interaction among people who do not already know each other and strengthen fragmented communities.
It’s critical for organizations to find out how to engage with Talent: the importance of chat events is increasing in this respect. Brazen fits nicely into our strategy to have an integrated tech-enabled approach towards global talent engagement.
Whether it’s for recruiting, retention, marketing, or fundraising, organizations all over the world are finding it more and more difficult to engage their key stakeholders. Brazen uniquely combines the efficiency of text-based chat with the intentionality that only an event model can deliver. The combination creates powerful one-on-one engagement that really works.
As a strategic corporate venture fund, RIF is building a portfolio of early stage HR technology investments. RIF invests in companies, which are at the forefront of technology or transforming our industry, hence boosting external innovation within the Randstad Group. Our goal is to create an ecosystem where Randstad’s expertise and reach complement entrepreneurial spirit and technological excellence. Visit randstad innovation fund for more information.
about brazen
Brazen helps organizations create better engagement through chat-based online events. The world’s leading organizations use Brazen’s software platform to interact and engage with employees, job candidates, customers, students and alumni. The company is venture-backed and headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metro area. For more information, visit www.brazen.com.
about randstad
Randstad is a global talent leader with the vision to be the world’s most equitable and specialized talent company. As a partner for talent and through our four specializations - Operational, Professional, Digital and Enterprise - we provide clients with the high-quality, diverse and agile workforces that they need to succeed in a talent scarce world. We help people secure meaningful roles, develop relevant skills and find purpose and belonging in their workplace. Through the value we create, we are committed to a better and more sustainable future for all. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Randstad operates in 39 markets and has approximately 40,000 employees. In 2023, we supported 2 million talent to find work and generated a revenue of €25.4 billion. Randstad N.V. is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam. For more information, see www.randstad.com.
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