Platfora
Company

Last deal

$30M

Amount

Series C

Stage

08.12.2015

Date

3

all rounds

$93.7M

Total amount

date founded

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About Company
Platfora empowers customers to become fact-based enterprises.

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founded date

01.06.2011

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series C

IPO status

Private

Description

The company develops data-management software that provides a big data analytics and discovery platform, allowing businesses to easily understand all the facts in their business across events, actions, behaviors, and time. Their software enables customers to visually interact with their data, making it easy for businesses to transform into fact-based enterprises. In August 2016, Platfora was acquired by Workday, the leading big data discovery platform. Visit Workday.com to learn more.
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Platfora, Inc.
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