Silicon Valley Bank Provides $50 Million in Financing to Legion Technologies

<p><strong>SANTA CLARA<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Flegion&period;co&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54165477&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20241212743166&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Legion&plus;Technologies&amp&semi;index&equals;1&amp&semi;md5&equals;826f7a1ed3d44b21f42d03f6b799dd27" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Legion Technologies<&sol;a>&comma; an innovator in workforce management &lpar;WFM&rpar;&comma; has received &dollar;50 million in financing from Silicon Valley Bank &lpar;SVB&rpar;&comma; a division of First Citizens Bank&period; The raise&comma; which brings Legion’s total funding to &dollar;195 million&comma; follows a &dollar;50 million growth round led by Riverwood Capital earlier this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;From the beginning&comma; Legion has been on a mission to improve hourly jobs and the capital we’ve received from investors this year demonstrates the enduring value of that mission&comma;” said Sanish Mondkar&comma; founder and CEO of Legion Technologies&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our tremendous growth stems from the accelerating need for effective workforce management solutions&comma; and this latest financing from SVB further proves that Legion’s intelligently automated&comma; employee-centric platform is the best choice for today’s hourly employees&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The financing comes on the heels of a groundbreaking fiscal year for Legion&comma; which included achieving strong revenue growth&comma; establishing a customer footprint in new regions&comma; and significantly enhancing the Legion platform&period; Just this summer&comma; the company launched 70 new product features&comma; including&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"bwlistdisc">&NewLine;<li><b>Employee Productivity-Based Scheduling<&sol;b>&comma; which enables managers to automatically schedule their most productive employees at peak times&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Time and Attendance Workbench<&sol;b>&comma; a generative AI feature that simplifies time and pay processing for payroll administrators by improving overall ease of use&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Enhanced Shift Offers <&sol;b>make it quick and easy for hourly employees to find open shift offers that match their preferences and availability&period; Shift offers can be immediately sent to all eligible staff<b>&period;<&sol;b><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Enhanced Schedule Score<&sol;b>&comma; which allows organizations to define schedule goals that align with their key business objectives&comma; such as maintaining compliance&comma; staying within budget&comma; and addressing employees&&num;8217&semi; availability and skills&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Increased Extensibility&comma; <&sol;b>enables<b> <&sol;b>customers to create contextual metrics tailored to specific business needs&comma; offering a more personalized and insightful user experience&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is increased demand for AI-native workforce management solutions that can improve both labor operations and the employee experience&comma;” said Marisa Phan&comma; Managing Director at Silicon Valley Bank&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Legion has successfully been working to transform the hourly work experience to meet the needs of the modern employee&period; With this latest financing&comma; we are proud to support Legion as it enables intelligent automation to shape a new future of work&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Legion also furthered the development of its innovative Generative AI assistants – conversational agents that help users analyze schedules and timesheets&comma; create and moderate newsfeed content within the Legion app&comma; and customize their app experience to suit their needs&period; When <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Flegion&period;co&percnt;2F2024-state-of-hourly-workforce-report&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54165477&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20241212743166&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;over&plus;half&plus;of&plus;managers&amp&semi;index&equals;2&amp&semi;md5&equals;a753bd7f7baddb1d0bfcc5f43653c95b" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">over half of managers<&sol;a> feel they don’t have enough time to focus on the parts of their job that they enjoy&comma; these AI assistants can reduce the time spent on administrative tasks and communications&comma; so they can focus on more fulfilling&comma; success-driving tasks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Repeatedly recognized by the Inc&period; 5000 and the Deloitte Fast 500 rankings as one of the fastest-growing companies in America&comma; Legion has grown at an average of 374&percnt; over the past three years and is tracking toward yet another year of accelerated growth and industry-leading innovation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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