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PARIS, July 1, 2019 – French start-up Beeshake, a SaaS collective intelligence platform and subsidiary of HOPSCOTCH Groupe, announces that it is joining the Microsoft for StartupsThis opportunity represents the first step in a strategic and business partnership around collective intelligence in business, the reference of which is today Microsoft Office 365 and its collaborative tool Teams, used by more than 500 organizations.
Beeshake is a SaaS platform dedicated to collective intelligence and employee engagement.. By encouraging knowledge sharing between peers, cross-functional communication and participatory innovation, Beeshake provides both a tool and a method to reveal collective intelligence in companies. The key: more motivated employees and more efficient companies.
This partnership is above all strategic.
By betting on Beeshake, Microsoft confirms its desire to offer companies high-performance products and services that meet the real expectations of employees. Indeed, at a time when 91% of employees say they would be more motivated if they could propose ideas to the company(*), collective intelligence promises to return to the heart of tomorrow's HR challenges.
Technology side
The Microsoft for Startups program will allow Beeshake to access the restricted circle of start-ups that benefit from special technical and financial support. This is to accelerate a migration to an Azure Cloud infrastructure and self-provisioning.
Crossed looks
"As part of Microsoft for Startups, we support more than 3500 start-ups in France. Our aim is to enable them to benefit from our ecosystem, our technologies and our experience to develop their business and their influence in the country, but also beyond our borders. For example, more than 500 organisations now use Microsoft Teams, Microsoft's collaborative application. The Teams application ecosystem is set to continually grow, particularly thanks to the contribution of start-ups. We are particularly pleased to welcome Beeshake, a young French start-up specialising in collective intelligence, to our Microsoft for Startups programme," comments Anthony Virapin, director of start-up programs at Microsoft France.
"Microsoft's expertise in supporting start-ups represents for us a wonderful potential for technological and commercial development. Beeshake's entry into the Microsoft for Startups program shows that collective intelligence has its place within the Human Resources and Communication ecosystems." explains Cécile Le Galès, Founder and General Director of Beeshake.
(*) Beeshake Survey on digital transformation and employee engagement, conducted online with 250 employees, April 2019