The Collaboration Game 2020
We’re it the midst of collaboration renaissance. In the public markets, we have a new class of companies leading with multi-billion dollar market caps. As of Feb 25, 2020:
- Atlassian (TEAM) at $35 billion
- Zoom (ZM) at $29 billion
- Slack (WORK) at $14 billion
- Dropbox (DBX) and Zendesk (ZEN) at $8 to $9 billion
Couple these valuations with an aging Microsoft Office suite, and a Google Suite that works well but is no longer the fastest on innovation, and the race is on for the next wave of The Collaboration Game.
Adding fuel to this fire is the advancing mega-trend of remote work, which in and of itself mandates a whole new crop of collaboration tools.
Front runners in the race to weave a new collaboration fabric include the following companies. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it does show the energy behind new offerings. Many of these companies are near or above billion dollar valuations.
Airtable
Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, teams use Airtable to organize their work, their way. https://airtable.com/
Notion
Write, plan, collaborate, and get organized. Notion is all you need — in one tool. https://www.notion.so/
Superhuman
The Fastest Email Experience Ever Made https://superhuman.com/
Front
Email for happy teams and customers. https://frontapp.com/
Monday.com
monday.com is the Work OS that powers teams to run projects and workflows with confidence. http://monday.com/
Wrike
Cloud-based collaboration and project management software that scales across teams in any business. https://www.wrike.com/
Figma
Figma helps teams create, test, and ship better designs from start to finish. https://www.figma.com/
Sketch
Create, prototype, collaborate and turn your ideas into incredible products with the definitive platform for digital design. https://www.sketch.com/
Groundwork for the future
This list is just a small sampling. Which companies are in this same league or even further ahead? Let me know on Twitter @garyorenstein.
