Joe Lennon

On our new $22m funding round

Yesterday we announced that Workvivo has raised an additional $22m (€20m) investment from Tiger Global. It’s been an incredible journey over the past two years since we raised our Series A, and this new funding will help us to continue to grow, make our product better and welcome...

Tags: startup, investment, workvivo

Should I start a SaaS startup?

Just do it. Start. Launch. Stop thinking about it and planning, just do it. Don’t get bogged down in advice (including mine) and be weary of “if I had my time back” advice from other founders. Everyone’s path is different and their experience, while interesting, should not be us...

Tags: startups, advice

On Awards

It’s the morning of the 2020 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards, and I found myself reflecting on awards in general and their purpose and value to a company. It’s over three years now since John and I started Workvivo - and we’ve had some incredible milestones along the way. Like...

Tags: awards, eoty, business

Imposter syndrome

You’d think that 13 years into my career I’d have the self belief to know that I’m a capable person and good at what I do. The truth is I have feelings of self doubt almost every single day. From the outside, people likely see someone who’s very confident and self assured. On the...

Journey to $16.2m Series A

I was immensely proud last week as we announced that Workvivo had raised a $16.2 million (€15m) Series A investment round, led by Tiger Global in New York, with participation from Frontline Ventures and Enterprise Ireland. This week we also marked 3 years since John and I made th...

Tags: series a, workvivo, investment