INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As the national conversation pushes companies to reexamine the HR processes suppressing sexual harassment and bias reporting, tech startups
are looking to find a way to smooth out the process and encourage communication.LA-based AllVoices is building an encrypted communications
platform for offices that allows employees to anonymously send complaints to their human resources department that can then follow-up and
track the cases in an easy-to-use dashboard
CEO Claire Schmidt tells A Technology News Room that her company has just closed a $3 million seed round with funding from Crosscut,
Greycroft, Halogen Ventures, Vitalize VC and others.CEO Claire SchmidtSchmidt, most recently a VP at 20th Century Fox, started AllVoices
feedback and file reports about internal toxicity
Schmidt says existing processes used for reporting can leave victims of harassment hesitant to come forward and fearful of the risk of
asking whether they were aware of any action being taken by the company and how satisfied they were with it
The startup then aggregates that data and provides it back to the company so they can get a clearer sense of their own
compliance issues, culture problems, diversity and inclusion concerns and harassment and bias complaints.The startup has also aimed to make
entering in an email for someone in their HR department
Schmidt hopes that the free service will serve their broader mission and help them onboard new customers.AllVoices says they now have nearly
50 companies using the platform, including Instacart, GoPro, Wieden+Kennedy, The Wing and FabFitFun.
