4 years ago

Desana Secures $4 Million to Transform Hybrid Workspaces

  • Edinburgh-based Desana, a hybrid workspace platform, has raised $4 million in seed funding

  • The round was led by PropTech1 Ventures, BGF, and existing investor Techstart Ventures, with participation from GroundBreak Ventures and the Accel Scout programme

  • The funding will be used to fuel Desana's rapid expansion plans, including hiring key positions in the US and Asia

  • The company has seen a surge in demand for its platform, which allows businesses to manage how their workforce uses space globally, offering employees on-demand access to hundreds of global desks/workplaces.

      • ProblemTechnology

      "Companies are struggling to manage their distributed workforces operating on a hybrid basis at a global scale. Existing flexible working platform solutions are mostly just aggregators of co-working space aimed at freelancers and gig workers, not enterprise-grade solutions."

      Solution

      "Desana is a hybrid workspace platform that enables businesses to offer employees on-demand access to hundreds of global desks/workplaces. It provides the tools required to manage large distributed workforces operating on a hybrid basis at a global scale. Desana also takes care of billing, providing global employers with a single monthly invoice, even if they have many thousands of staff using the platform daily across hundreds of locations and multiple currencies."

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