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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
- Datorama, a provider of marketing analytics solution raises $32M in series-C funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Link
- SmartZip Analytics, a provider of SaaS-based predictive marketing solutions raised $12M in debt financing led by ORIX Growth Capital. Link
- Ecommerce analytics company MonkeyData has secured second round of seed funding at €8M valuation. Link
- Beckon, a provider of cloud-based marketing analytics software raises $10M in funding led by Venrock. Link
- Customer success startup Totango raises $8M series-C funding, led by Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV). Link
- Domo, a provider of SaaS-based business intelligence platform raises $6.3M. Link
- Continuum Analytics, a provider of python-based data analytics products and consulting services raises $4M. Link
- Emotion analytics startup Beyond Verbal has raised $3M as part of a series-A funding round, led by the Kuang-Chi Group. Link
- Crobox, a provider of predictive marketing solution for e-commerce raises $1.25M led by Keadyn. Link
- Realbox Data Analytics has raised $300,000 in pre-series A round of investment from Hyderabad Angels. Link
- Octo.ai, a provider of analytics-driven marketing automation platform raises $200,000 in seed funding. Link
- Cognitive Scale, a provider of machine intelligence software announces a strategic investment from Microsoft Ventures. Link
- Context Matters, a provider of health economics data for pharmaceutical industry raises series-B funding from Decision Resources Group (DRG). Link
- GDILab, Indonesian social media analytics company has received an undisclosed amount of angel investment from Andy Zain.Link
- Apple has acquired Indian machine-learning startup Tuplejump Software to expand its expertise in artificial intelligence. Link
- Greenwave Systems acquires Predixion Software, adding real-time visual edge analytics to its groundbreaking AXON platform for IoT and M2M. Link
- Ultimate Software, a provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions in the cloud, has acquired Kanjoya, a provider of workforce intelligence and analytics platform. Link
- Liaison, a provider of temporary workforce management solutions to the NHS, has completed the acquisition of HR analytics business Activ8 Intelligence. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
Glance (2016, Malmo) – Provides analytics solution for enterprises to track marketing metrics in slack, analyzing data from various social media sites like twitter, instagram, wordpress, youtube, linkedin, zendesk, bitly etc.
LEADER BOARD – BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Suites
SAP (1972, Walldorf, IPO) – Provides data integration, visualization and predictive analytics suite of solutions through the product line of SAP Business Objects and SAP Lumira for individuals, SMEs , enterprise and on the cloud. Went public in 1988.
QlikTech (1993, Radnor, IPO, Acq.) – Provides visual analytics for enterprises’ growing needs from reporting and self-service visual analysis to guided, embedded and custom analytics. Acquired by Thoma Bravo in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.0B in June, 2016.
Jaspersoft (2001, SF, $43.5M, Acq.) – Provides open source business intelligence software that enables developers to build intelligence into applications through an embedded dashboard and reporting platform. Acquired by TIBCO in April, 2014.
Suites – BigData
ZoomData (2012, Reston, $47M) – Big Data integration and Visual data discovery directly on BigData sources. Backed by Goldman Sachs, Comcast Ventures, Accel Partners, NEA, Razors VC and more.
Visualization Tools
Visualization Tools – Visual Analytics
Tableau (2003, Seattle, IPO) – Provides interactive data exploration through heat maps, pivot tables and geographical maps. Live data connectors and integrated in-memory ETL architecture. Went public in 2013.
Domo (2010, American Fork, $621M) – Provides self-service data exploration with prebuilt role based Domo apps. Has over 300+ connectors and data fusion platform to clean, transform and load data automatically. Backed by Glynncapital, GGVC, Blackrock, TPG Growth, Fidelity Investments, Greylock, IVP and more.
Visualization Tools – Natural Language Search
ThoughtSpot (2012, Palo Alto, $91M) – Provides an NLP engine to query relational databases to enable self-service BI for business users. Backed by ISVP, Khosla Ventures, Battery Ventures and General Catalyst.
Visualization Tools – Modeling Language
Looker (2011, Santa Cruz, $96M) – Provides LookML, a query language which enables data modeling faster and easier than SQL. Provides visualization and embedded analytics. Backed by KPCB, Redpoint, Meritech Capital, Sapphire Ventures, First Round, Pivot North and more.
Visualization Tools – Reporting Tools
iCharts (2008, Sunnyvale, $15M) – Provides standard reporting from Netsuite and Salesforce, web-based apps and structured data sources. Backed by Plug and Play ventures, Software AG.
Mobile BI
Roambi (2008, Solana Beach, $50M, Acq.) – Provides mobile first ad-hoc analysis, visualisation and dashboards that can be instantly accessed via the iPhone or iPad. Backed by Sequoia Capital.
Data Preparation
Data Preparation – Integration
Snaplogic (2006, San Mateo, $96M) – Provides PaaS integration platform to integrate applications, data, APIs with each other. Backed by Microsoft, Silverlake, a16z, Ignition Partners, Trianglepeak Partners and more.
Treasure Data (2011, Mountain View, $40M) – Provides cloud-based big data platform for businesses to manage and analyze high-volume, high-velocity, semi-structured data. Backed by AME Cloud Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Dentsu Digital Holdings.
Data Preparation – Cataloging
Attivio (2007, Newton, $102M) – Provides ETL, data transforming, indexing and cleaning to Visualization tools like Tableau to understand relationships between data sources. Backed by Oak Investment Partners.
Tamr (2012, Cambridge, $41M) – Tamr catalogs and enrich the data analysis by filtering and searching through a wide number of data source repositories such as HDFS, Google cloud storage, Amazon Redshift, mongoDB, Cassandra etc. Backed by GV, NEA, Thomson Reuters, Sinewave VC, Hewlett-Packard Ventures and more.
Advanced Analytics
MicroStrategy (1989, Vienna, IPO) – Provides self-service analytics solutions focused on multi-source analysis, by combining and blending data from multiple structured and unstructured sources. Went public in June, 1998.
Alteryx (2010, Irvine, $163M) – Offers advanced BI solutions including predictive forecasting along with ETL and visualization. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Thomson Reuters, Meritech Capital, Toba Capital, Iconiq Capital and Sapphire Ventures.
Predictive Technologies (1999, Arlington, $154M, Acq.) – Provides cloud-based analytics software that enables enterprises to measure cause-and-effect relationships between business initiatives and outcomes to generate economic value. Acquired by Mastercard in April, 2015.
Advanced Analytics – Web Analytics
Clicktale (2006, Ramat Gan, $53M) – Provides patented Customer Experience Visualization platform for e-businesses to see their customers’ online experience at all levels of detail, from aggregated views to playable videos of users’ browsing sessions. Backed by Viola Group, KKR, Amadeus Capital, YL Ventures, Goldrock Capital and Talis Capital.
ClickFox (2000, Atlanta, $41M) – Provides Customer Experience Analytics (CEA) solutions for businesses to engage customers through a variety of service channels from visiting a website, voice calling and online chat applications to kiosks, retail stores etc. Backed by Morgan Stanley, Ascent Venture Partners, Delta Ventures, Cedar Fund, HTGC and Veritas Venture Partners.
BI Verticals
BI Verticals – Finance and Accounting
Anaplan (2006, SF, $232M) – Provides cloud-based modeling and planning software for companies’ sales, operations and finance teams. Backed by Salesforce, Shasta Ventures, Meritech Capital, DFJ Growth, Coatue, Harmony Partners, Granite Ventures, Workday, Baillie Gifford, Sands Capital, Founders Circle, Founders Circle and Brookside Capital.
AdaptiveInsights (2003, Palo Alto, $176M) – Provides financial analytics solutions for planning, budgeting and forecasting enabling finance and management teams to plan, monitor, report on, and analyze financial and operational performance. Backed by Salesforce, Bessemer Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, ONSET Ventures, Relay Ventures, JMI Equity Fund, Cardinal Venture Capital, Monitor Ventures, RBC and Information Ventures.
BI Verticals – Marketing
MarketShare (2005, LA, $94.5M, Acq.) – Provides cross-channel attribution and campaign performance KPI monitoring by integrating marketing, sales, social and customer data into one platform. Acquired by Neustar in November, 2015.
BI Verticals – Sales
Insidesales (2004, Provo, $199M) – Provides sales forecasting and visualization solution based on Neuralytics, a predictive and prescriptive analytics self-learning engine for lead prioritization and hiring. Backed by Microsoft, Salesforce, KPCB, US Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, EPIC Ventures, Zetta Venture and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
BI Verticals – HR
Visier (2010, Vancouver, $46.5M) – Provides workforce analytics and planning solution to reduce workforce costs, improve productivity, attract and retain top talent. Backed by Adams Street Partners, Foundation Capital and Summit Partners.
BI Verticals – Operation
RetailNext (2007, SJ, $190M) – Provides real-time analytics solution that enables retailers, shopping centres and manufacturers to collect, analyze and visualize in-store data. Backed by Metamorphic Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, StarVest Partners, August Capital, Commerce Ventures, Tyco, Pereg Ventures, EDB, Siguler Guff, Activant Capital and American Express Ventures.
Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.
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