Endeca
American software company
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::summary American software company ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Endeca Technologies Inc. |
| type | Private |
| foundation | 1999 |
| location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| key_people | Steve Papa |
| (CEO) | |
| area_served | Worldwide |
| industry | Information technology |
| Information access | |
| parent | Oracle Corporation |
| :: |
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Endeca was a software company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that sold eCommerce search, customer experience management, enterprise search and business intelligence applications.
Endeca was founded in 1999 as Optigrab. It was a privately held company, backed by venture capital investment from Bessemer, DN Capital founders Steve Schlenker and Nenad Marovac, Ampersand, GGV, In-Q-Tel, Intel, SAP and Venrock.
On October 18, 2011, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Endeca for $1.075B.
Endeca's product provided faceted search in the context of electronic commerce and online libraries.
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