Sympa buys up Apped

Sympa, a Vantaa, Finland-based company providing SAAS HR solutions announced the acquisition of Pulse, an employee-engagement application created by Finnish mobile-B2B software specialist, Apped.

The financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed. Apped was backed by Innovestor, which makes the exit from the company.

Pulse will be integrated into Sympa’s end-to-end HR-solution. Organisations will be able to measure and enhance wellbeing at work by actively listening to employees through real-time Pulse surveys.

Keijo Karjalainen, Sympa’s CEO and Co-Founder:

“Research increasingly suggests that organisations often fail due to an inflexible, hierarchical management structure, that drives skilled employees to leave. In contrast, empowered companies with engaged employees are the businesses that will create tomorrow’s success stories. We want to help our users empowering their teams and removing slow decision making structures.

Apped CEO Peter Lindberg:

“To Apped, Pulse was first and foremost a way to show how our cloud platform enables a new way of building b2b applications. It quickly became apparent to us that the Pulse application addressed a huge demand for change within organisations. And still the popularity of the application and the hundreds of pilot clients even left us a bit surprised. We wanted to find a home for Pulse where our vision of modern organisations is shared and where the solution is given the best possible chance to be part of improving working life for people in thousands of companies and organisations. Integrated into Sympa HR Pulse gives customers a foundation, that gives them the means to put employee wellbeing at heart of their business.”

The Pulse mobile application integrates with corporate IT systems, and optimises the data gathered for ease of use. At present, Pulse users have to sign in with their Microsoft Office 365 account, but in the near future Sympa will include Pulse within the Sympa HR solution’s suite of tools. Employees can start using the application simply by downloading the application in their smartphones.