Innovative messaging app Flip raises $4m
Flip, an employee messaging service based out of Stuttgart, Germany has successfully raised 3.6 million EUR, almost 4 million USD, from investing firms LEA Partners and Cavalry Ventures, and several others. Flip capitalizes on the rising trend of workplace-specific messaging apps such as Threema and Staffbase to offer a messaging service that keeps all relevant employees in a project or company informed of progress in a legally compliant manner.
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