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February 3, 2022

Flip raises $30m to build employee app for 'neglected' blue-collar workers

Investors say blue-collar workers have so far been underserved by the software industry


Stuttgart-based startup Flip, which offers a messaging-based employee app for blue-collar (deskless) workers, has raised $30m in Series A funding.

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Flip's app, currently available in German.
Flip's app, currently available in German
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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