Graag informeren wij u over de recente financieringsronde van Collibra. Sinds onze initiële investering in 2012 ontwikkelde Collibra zich als een duidelijke leider op de markt voor Data Governance en Data Catalog. Het bedrijf is een voorbeeld van de geweldige technologiebedrijven die uit de Benelux voortkomen en we zijn erg trots dat we deze markt sinds 2000 bedienen.
Patrick Polak, Managing Partner Newion Investments
Collibra Raises $100 Million Led by CapitalG and Surpasses $1 Billion Valuation
Data governance and catalog leader to accelerate growth and double down on machine learning and artificial intelligence
New York and Brussels, January 29, 2019 —
Collibra, a leader in enterprise data governance and catalog software, today announced $100 million in series E funding at a post-money valuation of more than $1 billion, bringing the company’s total venture funding to $233 million. CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth equity investment fund, led the round, with participation from existing investors ICONIQ Capital, Index Ventures, Dawn Capital and Battery Ventures.
The funding comes on the heels of a record revenue year, with an 80 percent increase in annualized recurring revenue and rapid expansion across the globe. The investment is expected to be used to fund the expansion of the product portfolio and to accelerate growth across the business. Collibra plans to extend its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities both within its cloud-native platform — building more automation into its smart catalog product — and in its support of data science teams for their own advanced analytics initiatives.
“Collibra is putting organizations back in control of their data, helping them comply with changing legislation, embrace emerging technologies and capture the information that will enable them to design services and solutions built for the future,” said Derek Zanutto of CapitalG. “We look forward to partnering with Collibra and marrying Google and Alphabet's machine learning and AI expertise with Collibra’s leadership in data collaboration, workflow management and risk management.”
More than 300 global customers in industries ranging from financial services to healthcare, retail and technology, are leveraging Collibra’s platform to bolster their data-driven digital transformations. Collibra has become the de-facto choice for chief data officers tasked with implementing a strategic approach to their data and maximizing its value for their organizations.
“Now more than ever, we live in an economy where the most innovative companies are fueled by data. It has become our most valuable asset,” said Felix Van de Maele, CEO and co-founder of Collibra. “This investment is a testament to Collibra’s leadership and our ability to help customers transform their market proposition through data-driven insight. With this latest round, we are well-positioned to leverage our heritage in understanding data to help our customers utilize the most cutting-edge innovation to power their digital transformation journeys.”
Collibra continues to receive significant accolades from the data and technology community, and was recently named to
Forbes’ Cloud 100 list for the second consecutive year. It was also named a leader in the
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions for the third consecutive year, as well as in
The Forrester Wave™: Machine Learning Data Catalogs and
The Forrester Wave™: Data Governance Stewardship and Discovery Providers.
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About Collibra
As the leader in data governance and catalog software, Collibra helps organizations across the world gain competitive advantage by maximizing the value of their data across the enterprise. Collibra is the only solution purpose-built to address the gamut of data stewardship, governance, and management needs of the most complex, data-intensive industries. Our flexible and configurable cloud-based or on-premises solution puts people and processes first – empowering every data citizen to find, understand and trust the data to unlock business value. Learn more at
www.collibra.com.
About Newion Investments
Newion Investments is a leading Amsterdam based investor, focused on European business-to-business software start-ups and scaleups with a global ambition. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Amsterdam. Newion has invested in 70+ companies, among which: Collibra, iWelcome, Reasult, 24iMedia, Nallian, Instant Magazine, CustomerGauge, L1NDA, The Next Ad, Oxynade, Swipeguide, Roadmap, RexAI, DataStories, and Playpass. Newion has exited companies like Oxxio, Mirror42 and Q-go.
Newion III is supported by InnovFin Equity, with the financial backing of the European Union under Horizon 2020 Financial Instruments and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), set up under the Investment Plan for Europe. The purpose of EFSI is to help support financing and implementing productive investments in the European Union and to ensure increased access to finance. Visit
www.newion.com for more information or contact Patrick Polak, +31(0)621517944,
patrick@newion.com