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Fond (YC W12) β€” Rewards and recognition SaaS for HR leaders

Fond is a global SaaS platform that seamlessly consolidates employee rewards and recognition processes into one easy-to-use solution. With Fond, employees and managers can recognize each other, redeem rewards, access exclusive corporate discounts, and measure success so HR departments spend less time managing programs and more time driving results.

Fond is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2012 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Rewards and recognition SaaS for HR leaders. The founders listed are Taro Fukuyama (Founder/CEO), Sunny Tsang 🌞 (Founder/Chief Designer) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 23, 2011).

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Fond

New accelerator entry Β· 2011-11-23 Β· the record

Winter 2012
batch
51
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2012
Announced2011-11-23
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size51
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Human Resources
SectorsFintech, SaaS, HR Tech
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://fond.co
Previously known asAnyPerk

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Fond is a global SaaS platform that seamlessly consolidates employee rewards and recognition processes into one easy-to-use solution. With Fond, employees and managers can recognize each other, redeem rewards, access exclusive corporate discounts, and measure success so HR departments spend less time managing programs and more time driving results.

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