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We typically cover larger rounds of funding, but I came across three recently launched companies that despite their small raises were worth noting for their interesting approaches.

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Scope

First is San Francisco-based Scope, an Implementation-as-a-Service platform that raised a $1 million seed round led by . co-founder William Hockey also participated, investing in the company after using the platform, said Xander Oltmann, Scope’s co-founder and CEO.

鈥淚鈥檝e always been in the business-to-business software space, and we ran into the same problem, which was trying to implement software at scale,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t was really difficult and could take a downstream turn if the product was not set up correctly.鈥�

Scope solves the problem of slow and costly software implementation, connecting SaaS providers to their customers through its network of expert engineers and service providers. Now, software vendors can quickly and cost-effectively scale, serving a much larger slice of their potential market without constraining internal resources or those of their customers.

Lowell Putnam, Plaid鈥檚 head of partnerships, told me via email that implementing any new technology can be challenging, so the company works with third-party developers, like Scope, to help lower the barrier to entry for customers so they can integrate with Plaid quickly.

鈥淲e view partners like Scope as enablers and accelerants for our customers who already have packed roadmaps and overburdened tech teams鈥攎ore or less every tech company I鈥檝e ever seen鈥攕o they can quickly get into production with Plaid,鈥� he said.

Pulsify

On the East Coast, Pulsify launched its free tool to support managers in developing聽engaged, high-performing teams with a $1.1 million funding round that included investment by 鈥檚 co-founder and COO Frederic Kerrest, and Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO of .

Bennett Fisher, co-founder and CEO of Boston-based Pulsify, told me that the company鈥檚 origins stemmed from his own experience, or rather inexperience, in managing employees. He hired a CEO coach to help him learn how to communicate the company鈥檚 mission, vision and values, as well as set goals and perform weekly one-on-ones with employees. Afterward, he helped grow his former company, which was eventually acquired.

鈥淚t was the 鈥榓ha鈥� moment for Pulsify,鈥� Fisher said. 鈥淚 was struggling to manage other people, not because I didn鈥檛 want to be successful, but because I had not learned there was a cadence to doing this effectively.鈥�

While similar programs are built for human resources, he didn鈥檛 see anything comparable for managers. Pulsify takes the concepts of management and scales them down to real-time feedback that is simple, actionable and intelligent, Fisher said.

The platform is free for teams numbering under 25, while larger teams or organizations can subscribe for $3 to $6 per employee, per month.

Hipla Technologies

In India, . raised SGD 500,000, or $360,000, in funding to further grow its contact tracking and social distancing product, . The platform focuses on helping offices, manufacturing, retail and health care employees return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The platform automates contract tracing and delivers information via the organization鈥檚 surveillance footage. It also uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to notify individuals when they are about to commit a safe-distancing breach so they can take steps to avoid contamination and infection risks in large work environments.

鈥淲orking on a product that addresses a definitive gap in the industry with a strong and driven team has been super exciting for us,鈥� Sandeep Kaul, CEO of Hipla Technologies, said in a written statement. 鈥淭his capital injection will give us additional momentum to take Contatrack.ai to a global platform and enable us to expand our talent pool.鈥�

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