{"id":11849,"date":"2018-02-14T13:14:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T12:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=11849"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T12:43:21","slug":"workday-announces-us250million-tech-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/workday-announces-us250million-tech-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Workday announces US$250million tech fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"hs2\"><span class=\"hs2\">Workday\u00a0<\/span>today announced its US$250million Workday Ventures fund which focuses on &#8220;identifying, investing, and partnering with early to growth stage companies developing emerging technologies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hs2\">Applying to the enterprise, its technologies include artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, blockchain and augmented and virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hs2\">The fund comes after Workday\u00a0<span class=\"hs2\">announced<\/span>\u00a0it will open up its cloud platform, creating new opportunities for its customer and partner ecosystem to extend the power of Workday&#8217;s core applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hs2\">The investment in Workday Ventures builds on this effort and the company&#8217;s continued extensibility journey, making its people and technology expertise available to emerging companies exploring new use cases and innovations that will shape the next generation of enterprise technology.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Enterprise innovation&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"hs2\">In addition to funding, Workday Ventures portfolio companies will receive access to Workday&#8217;s extensive experience, market know-how, and global reach in the enterprise space, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"hs2\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"hs2\">Access to Workday product executives and leaders who can guide portfolio companies in navigating the enterprise including building and delivering technologies at scale as well as creating sustainable business 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