Pyn, an Australian startup with close ties to Atlassian, wants to make working from home less exhausting

• Australian tech company Pyn announced Monday it has raised $2.2 million in seed funding.
• Pyn wants to improve the work from home experience that employees all over the world are currently grappling with.
• Its software works by making the many programs employees rely on, like Slack, Gmail and Zoom, "talk" to each other, cutting down on unnecessary communication.
• Pyn has strong ties to Atlassian, an Australian software company that made its IPO in 2015 on a $5.6 billion valuation.
• Accel led Pyn's funding round, joined by Australian investment fund Skip Capital. Accel partner Rich Wong will join the company's board of directors.
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Atlassian is one of the biggest tech hits to come out of Australia. In the five years since the Jira-maker's IPO, the company has become a favorite among software developers and its market cap has swelled more than sevenfold to $45 billion. 

Now, with the world in lockdown, another Australian startup is betting it has a product that's just right for the moment. And it's got many of the same people from Atlassian involved.

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