By David Eichler, Partner, and Jessica Neal, Venture Partner, at TCV. As the world shifts towards a knowledge economy, enterprises need to re-imagine how they do business. They are realizing that their employees are their most important asset and are searching for a smarter way to engage, encourage, and drive the best performance. …

Menlo Park, New York, January 31, 2022 — We are delighted to start 2022 with the announcement of Velocity, a $460 million fund geared towards expansion-stage investment opportunities. After a momentous year in 2021 — resulting in 14 public listings, which include IPOs, direct listings, and SPAC transactions — TCV…

By TCV Principals Katja Gagen and Kunal Mehta When Adam Weber joined Nerdy, one of the leading education technology platforms, as its Chief Marketing Officer, he had just left Dollar Shave Club, whose go-to-market strategy was vastly different from Nerdy’s. Nerdy had seen high growth by utilizing a marketing strategy…

By Alex Yancher, CEO of Passport

Investment will boost product development and hiring to bring behavioral science software to more companies, managers, and employees. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Humu, the HR technology company combining behavioral science and technology to help employees build better habits at work, today announced $60 million in Series C funding. The round was led by TCV, one of the world’s leading growth equity firms, with additional…

Demonstrating triple digit growth every year, Darwinbox is sprinting towards market leadership in Asia and doubling down on its global expansion. Singapore, 25-Jan-2022: Darwinbox, Asia’s fastest growing HR tech platform, today announced another milestone with a US $72 million funding round, leapfrogging the company to a billion-plus-valuation. Led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) along with participation from existing investors Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia India, Lightspeed India, Endiya Partners, 3One4Capital, JGDEV and SCB10X…

Led by Inovia Capital and TCV, funding brings total investment to $123 million and will expedite expansion of machine learning technology used in 16 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies. Toronto, Canada, Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BenchSci, a global leader in machine learning applications for novel medicine development, today announced a $63 million Series C (US $50 Million) funding round led by Inovia Capital and TCV, with participation from existing investors.

Adam Weber, CMO at Nerdy, speaks with TCV Principals, Katja Gagen and Kunal Mehta. Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), the EdTech leader behind companies like Varsity Tutors, which offer live instruction, online learning, self-study, and enrichment programs, saw its demand grow exponentially over the last few years, as parents and schools looked for ways to engage students throughout the pandemic and months of distance learning. The…

The notion that SMBs have been underserved by financial institutions is not a new one — for years, small business owners have complained about opaque pricing, lengthy onboarding processes, overly burdensome compliance, siloed & poorly integrated integrations, and painfully manual customer support. In many ways, SMBs have been a forgotten…