15Five

About 15Five

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by 15Five

All products by 15Five reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

15FiveAI HR & Recruiting

Performance management software built around continuous feedback

From $4/mo7.0/10

How Our Review Panel Scores 15Five

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed 15Five's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.2 points — The Skeptic was the hardest to convince, The Domain Strategist the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who 15Five competes with, and how they differ.

Lattice7.6/10

Lattice is 15Five's closest head-to-head rival -- performance reviews, goals/OKRs and engagement surveys in one platform -- and has raised far more capital ($325M+), pushing more aggressively upmarket into enterprise HRIS territory.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Culture Amp7.9/10

Culture Amp leads with people-science-driven engagement and DEI analytics, competing with 15Five for the same HR buyer but with less emphasis on manager coaching/training than 15Five's Transform product.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Leapsome7.6/10

Leapsome bundles performance reviews, engagement, OKRs and learning similarly to 15Five, positioning itself as a lower-cost, faster-to-implement alternative for mid-market European and US companies.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Quantum Workplace7.4/10

Quantum Workplace is engagement-survey-first (best-places-to-work benchmarking heritage) with a thinner performance-review layer than 15Five's continuous check-in and coaching model.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

BambooHR8.0/10

BambooHR competes from the core-HRIS side, bundling basic performance tracking into its payroll/ATS suite -- a lighter-weight alternative for SMBs that want one system instead of 15Five's dedicated performance-management depth.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in 15Five's history, with sources.

1. Jul 8, 2025Milestone

   Founder David Hassell returns as CEO

   David Hassell transitioned back from Executive Chairman to CEO of 15Five, with Jim Morrisroe -- who had succeeded him roughly two years earlier -- stepping down as CEO and from the board.

   cultivationcapital.com
2. Dec 7, 2022Funding

   Receives strategic investment from ServiceNow Ventures

   ServiceNow Ventures made its first investment in talent technology by taking an undisclosed strategic stake in 15Five, six months after 15Five's $52M Series C.

   finance.yahoo.com
3. Jul 21, 2022Funding

   Series C — $52M led by Quad Partners

   15Five raised a $52M Series C led by Quad Partners with Next47, Origin Ventures, Matrix Partners and Point Nine Capital participating, bringing total funding to $94.1M.

   siliconangle.com
4. Apr 27, 2021Acquisition

   Acquires employee-engagement platform Emplify for $50M

   15Five acquired Emplify, an employee-engagement survey and communication platform founded in 2010, for $50M to add engagement analytics to its performance-management suite.

   siliconangle.com
5. Jul 8, 2019Funding

   Series B — $30.7M led by Next47

   15Five raised a $30.7M Series B led by Siemens' venture arm Next47, with Matrix Partners, Point Nine Capital and others participating, bringing total funding to $42.6M.

   techcrunch.com
6. Aug 16, 2012Launch

   Publicly launches weekly check-in product after beta

   15Five came out of beta and launched publicly, demoing at the Launch conference; employees would submit a report taking 15 minutes to write and 5 minutes for managers to read.

   techcrunch.com
7. 2011Founded

   Founded by David Hassell, Shane Metcalf and Nazar Ivaniv

   David Hassell founded 15Five in San Francisco, turning the "5-15 report" weekly-update concept (popularized by Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard) into a manager productivity SaaS product.

   techcrunch.com