'When we started the Slack Fund, we thought a great deal about what it takes to build an ecosystem - an ecosystem where a good idea can become a lasting business, and where we, together with our developers and partners, can dramatically shape the future of work for the better,' the company wrote. Nearly all of the companies who have recieved funding have products revolving around bots.

Only $1.97 million of that funding came directly from Slack, with the rest coming from its VC partners, including Accel, Andreessen-Horowitz, Index Ventures, KPCB, Spark, and Social+Capital. Lots and lots of bots, as the company revealed on Tuesday that it, along with its partners in the fund, has now invested over a total $30 million in 14 different companies. Now we're finally learning more about the investing strategy, and it looks like the answer is bots.

The idea was to give support to developers who want to build their app for the Slack platform, as well as other apps the company can integrate in the future. So, it decided that it would be a good idea to invest some of that capital, partnering with some of the top venture capital firms in the Valley to create an $80 million fund late last year. The company been raising a ton of money since the end of 2014, including $200 million in April of this year, giving it nearly $540 million in the bank. Slack has no shortage of funding to play with.

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