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Energage raises $15M, plans Philly office, new hires

Energage, the Exton firm formerly known as Workplace Dynamics, has raised $15 million from investors and is looking to open a new office in Philadelphia, using 10 years’ worth of corporate employee surveys as a basis for new “HR tech” services it expects will elevate its profile among clients and technology investors.

“Our model has changed quite a bit. We have a whole new round of offerings in our employee-engagement platform, just two weeks ahead of the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas,” said Fraser Marlow, director of research at Energage, which employs 110, including 100 in Exton.

Part of the money will be used for expansion. Energage wants to open an office in Philadelphia to hire more “creative staff and programmers,” said Marlow, a GE veteran who is among several senior managers joining the company in the last year. “We’ve interviewed quite a few who wanted to work for us, but the commute to Exton was not quite appealing,” he said. SEPTA’s Paoli/Thorndale Line trains can take more than an hour to reach Exton from Center City; expresses are faster, if they run to schedule.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-p...ns-philly-office-new-hires-20171005.html