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2013 Best Workplaces in Canada (50 – 999 employees)

360 Team — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:38:14 +0000

Great Place to Work^® Institute Canada is pleased to present the 2013 list of “Best Workplaces in Canada – Medium”. The list was published as a Special National Report in The Globe and Mail on April 10, 2013.

This year’s list recognizes 50 Best Medium Workplaces in Canada with 50-999 employees working in Canada. READ MORE….

360 INCENTIVES WINNER OF 2013 ‘BEST WORKPLACES IN CANADA’ AWARD

360 Team — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:57:16 +0000

(April 09, 2013) – Whitby, Ontario: In January 2012, the leadership team of 360Incentives.com, inspired by a tour of the Zappos head office in Las Vegas, NV set out to build the greatest company culture in Canada. Their goal was to win a spot in the top three of the Best Workplaces In Canada award within two years.

Tonight, just about a year into their goal, the team took to the podium to collect the award for number two best place to work in Canada, as well as an award for a culture of fairness.

The team at 360 has created the following resource content for those interested in building a great company culture:

The Case For Culture at 360 Incentives – a 40 page e-book/case study showing the company’s journey to culture, how the culture was built up, how it is maintained and what the next steps look like. The paper quantifies the ROI of good culture in terms of cost savings and client retention. http://go.360incentives.com/changing-the-world-of-incentives

Get To Know The 360 Team – flying in the face of traditional corporate videos, the 360 team created 1990’s-style action movie trailer for a movie that has yet to be made. http://www.360incentives.com/careers-and-culture/

Journey To An Award-Winning Culture – An instructive 12 minute video delivered by 360 Chief of Staff, Todd Skinner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN2qNhUNHiQ

360Incentives.com was founded in Whitby, Ontario in 2008 and has operated there ever since, having grown from 1 person in 2008 to a team of 18 in 2011. The Whitby office currently employs a team of 77 people. The company provides a software as a service platform which enables manufacturers and distributors to create, measure and manage their incentives programs such as sales spiffs or rebates in real time with 100% auditing and fast payout of claims.
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For more information and resources on 360Incentives.com, please see:
News.360Incentives.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Jason King
888.665.4927 ext. 159
905.259.8729 mobile
@JayKing71 twitter

360INCENTIVES.COM APPOINTS DAN DONOVAN AS VP OF TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

360 Team — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:00:34 +0000

Dan Donovan – 360 Incentives VP of Technology and Development

** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **

(February 5, 2013) – Whitby, Ontario: 360Incentives.com announced today the appointment of Dan Donovan as its new vice president of technology and development.

Donovan’s comfort with a fast-paced and fast-growing technology environment was cemented during his tenure as the Director Of Information Systems at Porter Airlines Inc. where he was accountable for all web and software development, system selection, implementation and roll-out of new systems.

“It’s amazing to be joining 360 Incentives at such a pivotal point in the company’s growth”, said Donovan. “I’m looking forward to the challenge of continuing to build out our industry-leading incentive management platform to build value and happiness for our customers and partners. ”

“Dan brings world class processes and innovation to help us continue our phenomenal growth” says 360 founder/CEO Jason Atkins. “His passion and unbelievable commitment to provide customers with an amazing experience is a perfect fit for 360”

360 Incentives provides a software as a service platform which enables manufacturers and distributors to create, measure and manage their incentives programs such as sales spiffs or rebates in real time with 100% auditing and fast payout of claims. The company grew its revenues by 130% once in 2012 and is tracking to grow an additional 100% in Q1 of 2013.

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For more information and resources on 360Incentives.com, please see:

News.360Incentives.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Jason King
888.665.4927 ext. 159
905.259.8729 mobile
@JayKing71 twitter

Whitby Business Has 360 Reasons To Celebrate

360 Team — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:26:58 +0000

Award-winning company nabs $7-million investment

Whitby business has 360 reasons to celebrate. WHITBY — 360 Incentives CEO Jason Atkins spoke during a company meeting January 15 to announce a $7.8-million investment in the growing Whitby company. January 15, 2013 Jason Liebregts / Metroland

I believe that a company that’s not growing and not changing is dying. Jason Atkins, Founder and CEO of 360incentives.com

WHITBY — To Jason Atkins, a successful business is built on satisfied clients, motivated workers and services that make a difference.

In just a few years, the 34-year-old founder and CEO of 360incentives.com has managed to create an innovative and award-winning company based on those three guiding principles. READ MORE…

360 Incentives Adds $7.65M To Scale Channel Marketing & Incentives Platform

360 Team — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:33:40 +0000

Humayun Khan January 15, 2013

Today Whitby, ON-based 360 Incentives, an on-demand incentives management services provider for manufacturers, announced that it has closed a $7.65 million funding round led by OMERS Ventures with participation from Klass Capital and Round 13 Capital. The company will use the funding to add to its marketing and sales teams and continue building out its channel engagement and incentives management platform. Since publicly launching in 2010, the company has built up a client base that includes 75 global brands including Samsung, LG, and GE.

Founder and CEO Jason Atkins spoke with BetaKit about how 360 Incentives is looking to use its platform to disrupt an industry with a multitude of fragmented vendors. “It’s really a SaaS-based platform for large-manufacturers to execute all of their promotions and engage all of their channels,” said Atkins. “Typically companies use hybrid solutions…they have all these different vendors that are out there. We bring them on a single platform. So it’s one point to connect with their channels.”

360 Incentives Smothers Incentive Programs With $7.65M And Happiness

360 Team — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:05:43 +0000

January 15, 2013 2:05 PM

Rebecca Grant

360 Incentives founder Jason Atkins is changing the world one incentive program at a time. Today, this “small-town startup” from Whitby, Ontario received $7.65 million in growth incentives of its own.

360 Incentives provides a software-as-a-service platform that large businesses can use to create, measure, and manage marketing and sales initiatives such as promotions, sales “spiffs”, rebates, and loyalty rewards. From the dashboard, users are able to automate certain activities, stay on top of their programs, and react to events in real time.

360incentives.com secures $7.65 Million investment from OMERS Ventures, Klass Capital and Round 13 Capital

360 Team — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:59:37 +0000

Funds will be used to fuel growth and innovation

January 15, 2013 – Whitby, ON and Annapolis, MD – 360incentives.com, an industry-leading provider of on-demand incentives solutions, is announcing a $7.65 million investment led by OMERS Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension plans. Other investors are Klass Capital and Round 13 Capital.

The investment will support 360’s growth strategy and accelerate its development of leading-edge channel engagement and incentives management technologies.

“From inception our vision has been to change the face of the promotions and incentives space. In today’s competitive landscape, manufacturers need to move faster than their competitors, and we allow them to engage and systematically improve their channel promotions. It is not just about incentives; it is about engagement – the tools and education they need to provide their channel with has never been more important than right now,” said Jason Atkins, Founder and CEO, 360incentives.com.

“From the manufacturer through their dealers and VARS, all the way to their end consumers there needs to be seamless communication and visibility; 360 is committed to developing the newest technologies that will not only increase visibility, flexibility, and accuracy of promotions, but also provide the tools to engage and convert everyone in their channel to advocates of their products. This significant round of funding provides us with additional resources and capital to further develop our technology platform and address new markets, while growing our client-centric business focused on innovation that includes more than 75 global brands today,” he added.

360incentives.com is modernizing the channel incentive space by providing an automated platform for clients that allows them to manage their channel promotion, incentive and rebate programs efficiently and holistically. Its sophisticated solution allows customers to dramatically reduce error and fraud, and to track in real-time where every promotion dollar is being spent to measure their return-on-marketing.

“We were attracted by the passion and vision of founder Jason Atkins and his team and their ability to bring a game-changing technology solution to the channel incentives space. They are an innovator and a leader in channel sales incentives and partner engagement,” said Derek Smyth, Managing Director of OMERS Ventures.

In just four years 360 has acquired over 75 global manufacturing clients, and has not lost a single customer to date.

“We are an extension of our clients; our goal is to provide their customers with an unbelievable brand experience. Our team is extremely proud of the culture of we have built to deliver happiness through the entire channel. We equip all of our Client Happiness Managers with iPhones and it is not uncommon for me to receive e-mails from happy customers letting me know that at 10:00pm one of our team members helped them, which further solidified their purchasing decision making them a customer for life! We live for delivering those moments,” said Todd Skinner, VP Client Happiness at 360.

About 360incentives.com

A recent winner of a Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ Companies To Watch award, 360 Incentives is the leader in on-demand incentives solutions. 360 has developed a user friendly yet highly sophisticated SAAS-based software platform that allows large businesses to manage highly complex incentive programs in real time allowing them to maximize the effectiveness of their programs while minimizing admin efforts and costs to execute. For more information please visit http://www.360incentives.com

About OMERS Ventures

OMERS Ventures (Twitter:@OMERSVentures) is the venture capital investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension funds with $55.1 billion in net assets. It is an initiative of OMERS Strategic Investments (OSI), an investment entity with a mandate to build long-term strategic relationships with like-minded partners. As both an institutional angel investor and a later-stage investor, OMERS Ventures is looking for successful companies with significant growth potential and market opportunities. We are seeking like-minded partners with a shared vision of building a vibrant and successful knowledge economy. For more information please visit http://www.omersventures.com/.

About Klass Capital

Klass Capital (Twitter: @KlassCapital) is a leading North American venture capital firm targeting high growth enterprise software companies. The company’s target equity investment size is between $2 million and $10 million. Klass Capital has a unique entrepreneurial culture and its portfolio includes innovative companies like Nulogy, Vena Solutions, Firmex and Dealer.com. In late April, Klass Capital announced that it had received a significant commitment from Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), increasing the size of the fund to $50 million. HOOPP is one of Canada’s largest pension plans and oversees $40-billion of assets. For more information please visit http://www.klasscapital.com

About Round 13 Capital

Round 13 Capital invests in Canada’s leading IT companies, defined by companies which have successfully developed products with proven market demand and now require growth capital to rapidly scale revenues. The Round 13 Founders Fund is Canada’s first fund specifically backed by an accomplished group of entrepreneurs, all of whom have founded, built and exited their companies, and most importantly, generated significant shareholder wealth. All founders have committed to both invest in Round 13, and advise its portfolio companies. For more information please visit http://www.round13capital.com/

Contact:
360incentives.com

Jason King
Corporate Marketing
1-888-665-4927 ext. 159
1-905-259-8729 mobile
jking@360incentives.com
www.360incentives.com

OMERS Ventures

Derek Smyth
Managing Director
1-416-564-3811
dsmyth@omersventures.com
www.omersventures.com

360 IT Launches 25 System Enhancements

360 Team — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:43:59 +0000

Once again, congrats and a big thank you to the 360 IT team. Today Gurdip Singh announced 25 system enhancements to the 360 Platform as part of our ongoing commitment to constantly innovate and serve our clients better. The rest of the team appreciates the intensive extra efforts of the IT group to create a better experience for all of our many internal users.

360 IT Launches 27 System Enhancements

360 Team — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:10:06 +0000

Congrats to the 360 IT team. Today Gurdip Singh announced 27 system enhancements to the 360 Platform as part of our ongoing commitment to constantly innovate and serve our clients better. We honour and appreciate the efforts of … Continue reading →

360 Incentives Culture Featured In “What A Team, What A Place” Segment on Channel 12 Durham

360 Team — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:38:37 +0000

Today 360 Incentives was profiled on local television station Channel 12 Durham in a segment called “What A Team, What A Place.” The 6 minute segment includes interviews with team members Chris Willdig, Isabelle Foley and Laurie Joucas.