Dataiku
Dataiku is an AI and machine learning company which was founded in 2013 and has grown exponentially since. In December 2019, Dataiku announced that CapitalG - the late-stage growth venture capital fund financed by Alphabet Inc. - joined Dataiku as an investor and that it had achieved unicorn status, valued at $1.4 billion. Dataiku currently employs more than 500 people worldwide between offices in New York, Paris, London, Munich, Sydney, Singapore, and Dubai.
Type | Private |
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Industry | Computer software |
Founded | February 14, 2013 in Paris, France |
Founder | Florian Douetteau, Clément Stenac, Marc Batty, Thomas Cabrol |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Dataiku Data Science Studio |
Revenue | $100 Million (2020) |
Number of employees | 600 (2020) |
Website | www |
History
Dataiku was founded in 2013 by Florian Douetteau, Clément Stenac, Thomas Cabrol and Marc Batty.[1]
In 2015, Dataiku established itself in the United States.
In December 2018, Dataiku announced a $101 million Series C funding round[2] led by ICONIQ Capital. In September 2019, the company was included in the Forbes Cloud 100, a ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world.
In December 2019, one day after releasing Dataiku 6, Dataiku announced that CapitalG - the late-stage growth venture capital fund financed by Alphabet Inc.- joined the company as an investor and that Dataiku had achieved unicorn status, valued at $1.4 billion.[3]
In August 2020, Dataiku announced an additional $100 million Series D funding round,[4] led by Stripes and Tiger Global Management. The company did not disclose its new valuation, but said that it was “still a unicorn”.
Products
The software Dataiku Data Science Studio (DSS) was announced in 2014, supporting predictive modelling to build business applications.[5] Later versions of DSS also included other features.[6]
Dataiku offers a free edition and enterprise versions with additional features, such as multi-user collaboration or real-time scoring.
Funding
In January 2015, Dataiku raised $3.6 million from Serena Capital and Alven Capital, two French technology venture capital funds.[5] This was followed by $14 million raised with FirstMark Capital, a New York City-based venture capital firm in October 2016.[7]
In September 2017 the company raised a $28 million Series B investment from Battery Ventures, as well as historic investors.[8]
In December 2018 Dataiku raised $101 million for data science platform. Among investors were Iconiq Capital, Alven Capital, Battery Ventures, Dawn Capital and FirstMark Capital.[9]
In December 2019, CapitalG purchased some of the shares previously owned by Serena Capital in a secondary round that valued Dataiku at $1.4 billion.[10]
In 2020, Dataiku received 85 million of euros, meaning they have been raising 212 million euros since 2015.[11]
References
- "Dataiku - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- Dataiku. "Dataiku Series C: New Year, New Chapter". pages.dataiku.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- Douetteau, Florian. "Dataiku Partners With CapitalG and Becomes a Unicorn". blog.dataiku.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- "Data Science Startup Dataiku Raises $100 Million To Keep Growing Its AI Enablement Software". Forbes.
- Ron Miller (19 January 2015). "French Startup Dataiku Grabs $3.6M To Continue Developing Big Data Software". TechCrunch.
- "Dataiku Launches DSS 3 for Advanced Data Metrics Monitoring". CIO Review. 19 May 2016.
- Romain Dillet (25 October 2016). "Dataiku grabs $14 million for its collaborative data science platform". TechCrunch.
- Miller, Ron. "Dataiku to enhance data tools with $28 million investment led by Battery Ventures". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- "Dataiku raises $101 million for its collaborative data science platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- "Dataiku is now worth $1.4 billion following secondary round". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- "DATAIKU raises 85 million euros in funding - #BigData". MyFrenchStartup. Retrieved 2020-11-17.