Yammer - About the company
Yammer is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2008 by Adam Pisoni and George Ishii. It operates as a Connect, collaborate, and make decisions faster across your organization. Yammer has raised $142M in funding from investors like SV Angel, Emergence Capital and USVP, with last known valuation of $*****. The company has 231 active competitors, including 35 funded and 20 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Humand, Oak and Pluria.
Company Details
Connect, collaborate, and make decisions faster across your organization. This platform fosters seamless communication and knowledge sharing, enabling better and faster decision-making. Discover valuable insights and progress updates, connecting front-runners and leaders across locations. Engage in meaningful discussions, accelerate workflows, and obtain quick answers from experts. Build upon existing work, avoid duplication, and leverage collective learnings to boost productivity. Collaborate within communities to share ideas and solve problems efficiently. Create relevant groups, find answers to specific questions, and securely collaborate with external partners. Keep documents, photos, and videos organized within conversations. Stay connected with the mobile app. This SaaS platform enhances organizational connectivity, collaboration, and knowledge management.
- Website
- yammer.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2008
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$142M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
$***** as on Jun 29, 2017
Ranked
4th among 231 active competitors
Employee Count
32 as on Sep 30, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by Microsoft (Jun 25, 2012)
Legal entities associated with Yammer
Yammer is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
YAMMER INC CIN: 26-3306069 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 2007 | - | 327 (As on Dec 31, 2012) | - |
Yammer's acquisition details
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Yammer's funding and investors
Yammer has raised a total funding of $142M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 08, 2008. Its latest funding round was a Series E round on Mar 09, 2012 for $*****. 10 investors participated in its latest round. Yammer has 18 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Yammer:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 09, 2012 | 5898345 | Series E | 4422743 | 7115636 | 3880328 | 5658154 |
Sep 27, 2011 | 5855827 | Series D | 5919911 | 2937252 | 1463567 | |
Nov 30, 2010 | 9163784 | Series C | 9002660 | 8539534 |
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Yammer's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Yammer are Adam Pisoni and George Ishii.
Here are the details of Yammer's key team members:
- Adam Pisoni: Co-founder & CTO of Yammer. They are also an angel investor in 4 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
- George Ishii: Co-founder of Yammer and founder of 2 other companies, Comparably and Geni.
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Yammer's employee count trend
Yammer has 32 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Yammer's employee count trend over the years:
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Yammer's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Yammer include Humand, Oak and Pluria. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Yammer, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Mobile-based suite solutions for enterprise collaboration | $66.5M | 68/100 | ||
2nd | Oak 1994, Newcastle Upon Tyne (United Kingdom), Acquired | Intranet software to connect teams and engage people | $16.5M | 64/100 | |
3rd | Provider of managed flexible workspaces | $4M | 64/100 | ||
4th | Yammer 2008, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Connect, collaborate, and make decisions faster across your organization | $142M | 59/100 | |
5th | Interact 1996, Manchester (United Kingdom), Acquired | Intranet-based employee communications solutions provider | - | 60/100 | |
6th | Haystack 2019, Santa Monica (United States), Series A | Cloud-based enterprise collaboration software | $10.2M | 59/100 | |
7th | Plek 2013, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Acquired | Collaboration and social networking software | - | - | 48/100 |
8th | Kohort 2011, New York City (United States), Seed | Online social network platform for communities in enterprises | $2.96M | 48/100 | |
9th | Frond 2020, San Francisco (United States), Seed | Online social platform for conversations within communities using threads | $3.3M | 44/100 | |
10th | CubeTree 2008, Redwood City (United States), Acquired | Enterprise social network and collaboration | $11.5M | 44/100 |
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Yammer's Investments and acquisitions
Yammer has made 1 investment in Assembled and acquired oneDrum.Reports related to Yammer
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Chamath Palihapitiya’s VC firm tried to sell stake worth $312 mn in startupsIndUs Business Journal•Aug 30, 2023•Social Capital, The Information, Yammer, Slack
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Japan's Renesas, Tata Elxsi partner in EV design centreBusiness Standard•Mar 03, 2022•Renesas Electronics, Tata Elxsi, Yammer
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Proptech startup PocketList emerges from stealth with $2.8 million in seed fundingHousingWire•Jul 15, 2020•PocketList, Craft Ventures, Bird, PayPal and 3 others
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In a Slack world, Microsoft bets on Teams and Yammertechnewsuniverse.com•Apr 08, 2018•Yammer, Microsoft
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Microsoft Teams to take on other enterprise messaging service like SlackMediaNama•Nov 03, 2016•Microsoft, Yammer
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Microsoft is killing Yammer Enterprise in January 2017, will start integrating Office 365 Groups firstVentureBeat•Sep 27, 2016•Microsoft, Yammer
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Cisco doesn’t want Spark to be like Slack. Here’s whyVentureBeat•Sep 07, 2016•Cisco, Slack, Skype, Yammer
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