Worksphere

Manage your hybrid workplace

Y CombinatorWinter 2021AcquiredB2BOperationsSaaSB2B

What they do

Problem

Companies struggle to coordinate hybrid work, optimize office space usage, and enable employees to plan in-office collaboration effectively.

Solution

Worksphere provides a hybrid workplace management platform for desk reservations, in-office presence visibility, and coordinating in-person meetings.

Who it's for

Businesses with hybrid workforces, typically office-based teams and facilities/HR managers.

Founders

Aakhil Fardeen

Founder

Aakhil is a startup CEO and product leader. He loves to solve problems and make people's lives better. He has held product leadership positions at Amazon and Zillow. At Amazon he started the e-textbooks business, grew it to $150M in revenue and received a patent for a business model he developed. Most recently he co-founded Lish and built it to a $12M business. He has been featured in Geekwire, Seattle Times and other leading media. He is an Electrical Engineer and has an MBA from Dartmouth.

Theresa Klaassen

Founder

Theresa is an entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience in leadership. She's led Customer Success and Sales teams at multiple tech startups, including the new market expansion team at a Series-B funded company. Prior to co-founding Workpshere, she worked with her fellow co-founders at their previous startup Lish, building it to a $12M ARR business.

Mark Piper

Founder

Mark is co-founder and CTO of Worksphere. Previously he co-founded Lish, a tech-enabled corporate catering marketplace based in Seattle. He is an ex-Amazon alumni, where he started a team within Kindle and worked for 10 years as a senior engineer leader and manager. He earned a BS in Computer Science from Tufts and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Carnegie Mellon with a MS in Software Engineering.