Guild

Guild, co-founded by Ashley Friedlein and Matthew O'Riordan, has raised $1.2m (£880,000) in Seed funding to become the WhatsApp for work. It is built for any professional group, network or community whose members want to communicate, share, learn from each other, stay in touch, develop and nurture valuable professional relationships. Our research has found that only 38% of professionals use WhatsApp for work, but that 75% would prefer an alternative messaging service for a solely professional context. Guild provides this, as well as being GDPR-compliant, properly private, and ad free.