Pesto Press Kit

Pesto raises $5M to make remote work more human
Roadmap
Overview
Pesto is the digitally native, authentically human workplace.
At Pesto, we envision a world where remote work is more effective and less lonely than the office, where interacting in a digital workplace is more powerful and convenient even when people happen to be physically collocated.
Today in Pesto, co-workers build a digital workplace together that’s authentically human. They customize their avatar in the workplace, which takes the place of video to be less fatiguing and more personable. Then, they create a variety of rooms – organized spaces for audio-first collaboration that include screenshare, video, games, or spatial features. Together, avatars and rooms empower teams to work together in ways that are more organic and immersive.
Traction & Quotes
Over 10,000 teams have signed up for Pesto. Pesto users logged 100,000,000 voice and video minutes in 2021.
Peter Verillo, CEO @ Enhatch
During the pandemic, Pesto connected our team in a way that forever changed how we work together. This allowed us to almost triple in size this year, with team members across several time zones.
Katie Robinson, General Manager @ Sortify
Pesto IS our office. Our daily standups, development team meetings, and casual chats are here. We have Friday drinks here! We couldn’t operate without it.
James Deacon, Sales @ HiHello
Pesto allows me to connect with my colleagues in a fun environment that is far less draining (and far more fun) than video calls. My favourite feature is the LoFi room... tune in, zone out, and get s**t done!
Arber Muharemi, Full Stack Engineer @ FullStory
FullStory's Workflows team uses Pesto daily for collaborating on code. The platform serves as a way for the team to casually communicate like they're in the office, all from the comfort of their homes.
Shintaro Tsuji, CEO & Founder @ aiPass
Pesto not only builds our virtual office, but also supports communication for better team building.
Philip Rees, CTO @ Tidal Migrations
Pesto is great for connecting with teammates throughout the work day. We use it to easily start ad hoc discussions (or scheduled ones). It's personable and fun; everyone has their own custom avatar.
Funding
In February 2022, we announced our $5M seed round led by Jett Fein and Jaja Liao at Headline. Read the announcement.
Previously, in April 2020, we announced our $1M pre-seed round led by Manu Kumar, the founder of K9 Ventures and founder of Carta and HiHello.

Manu's Twitter: @ManuKumar
K9 Ventures website: https://www.k9ventures.com/
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Team
For the latest details about the team, please visit our about us page.
Social
We have an active presence on the following social networks.
- Doug Safreno's Twitter: @dougsafreno
- Vivek Nair's Twitter: @virtuallyvivek
- Pesto's Twitter: @PestoHQ
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