Slack introduces $80M developer fund and extensive app directory

Dec16

by Sindy Cator on December 16, 2015 at 2:15 am

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev

At an evening event in San Francisco today, communications company (and rapidly growing unicorn) Slack announced two major accommodations for third-party app developers on the platform. The first: an $80 million developer fund, created in partnership with Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, KPCB, Spark Growth and Social Capital. The money will go towards developers who create “Slack-first” apps — software and plug-ins that are specifically designed for the platform (but aren’t necessarily exclusive). Slack has said that it has already made several investments into third-party app development, and will ramp up its investment in the future. In a companion to the fund,…