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The business intelligence sector is filled with companies helping others make sense of data. Germany's Celonis leads the group with a valuation of $13 billion.

Other major companies like ThoughtSpot have also reached high valuations, currently at $4.2 billion.

Below is the full list of 23 Business Intelligence unicorn startups at this time.

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Celonis provides an execution management system that helps companies analyze and improve their core business processes. Their platform uses process mining technology to identify and resolve operational inefficiencies, ultimately boosting performance.

Valuation$13B (Joined June 2018)
HeadquartersMunich, Bayern, Germany
Year Founded2011
FoundersAlexander Rinke, Bastian Nominacher, Martin Klenk
Funding Amount$2.4B
Company SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsTCV, Accel, Franklin Templeton, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America

ThoughtSpot builds an AI-native analytics platform that allows enterprise teams to find insights using a search-based interface. Their core technology empowers non-technical users to ask questions of their data in natural language and get automated answers.

Valuation$4.2B (Joined May 2018)
HeadquartersMountain View, California, United States
Year Founded2012
FoundersAbhishek Rai, Ajeet Singh, Amit Prakash, Priyendra Deshwal, Sanjay Agrawal, Shashank Gupta, Vijay Ganesan
Funding Amount$663.7M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries F
Top InvestorsGeneral Catalyst, Ballistic Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures

insightsoftware builds a suite of financial reporting and performance management solutions for the Office of the CFO. Over 32,000 organizations worldwide rely on their software for needs in accounting, budgeting, and disclosure management.

Valuation$4B
HeadquartersRaleigh, North Carolina, United States
Year Founded2018
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Funding AmountCA$1B
Company SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusPrivate Equity
Top InvestorsTA Associates, ST6, Hg, Genstar Capital

Motive builds a fleet management and driver safety platform to improve the productivity and profitability of commercial operations. Their system uses AI-powered tools, including smart dashcams and vehicle tracking, to help businesses run safer and more efficient fleets.

Valuation$3B (Joined April 2019)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2013
FoundersObaid Khan, Ryan Johns, Shoaib Makani
Funding Amount$717.3M
Company SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsInsight Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, IVP, BlackRock

EliseAI builds a conversational AI platform designed to automate workflows for the real estate and healthcare industries. Their technology streamlines operations by managing communications and tasks, from leasing inquiries to patient interactions.

Valuation$2.2B (Joined August 2024)
HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersMinna Song, Stoyan Stoyanov
Funding Amount$391.9M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries E
Top InvestorsNavitas Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Ventures

FullStory develops a digital experience intelligence platform that captures customer interaction data from websites and apps. This gives product and engineering teams the ability to replay user sessions to find bugs and improve the overall user experience.

Valuation$2B (Joined August 2021)
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Year Founded2014
FoundersBruce Johnson, Joel Webber, Scott Voigt
Funding Amount$197.2M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsSalesforce Ventures, GV, Permira, TechOperators Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins

Sigma Computing builds a business intelligence platform that gives teams live access to their cloud data warehouses. They are recognized for a spreadsheet-like interface that lets non-technical users explore and analyze data on their own.

Valuation$2B (Joined May 2024)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2014
FoundersJason Frantz, Mike Speiser, Rob Woollen
Funding Amount$645.3M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsSpark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, NewView Capital, Altimeter Capital

Eightfold AI provides a complete AI platform for talent management to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers. Their system uses deep learning to analyze skills and potential, matching candidates to roles and helping businesses develop their existing workforce.

Valuation$2B
HeadquartersSanta Clara, California, United States
Year Founded2016
FoundersAshutosh Garg, Varun Kacholia
Funding Amount$396.8M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries E
Top InvestorsIVP, Foundation Capital, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons

Dremio created an open data lakehouse platform that enables fast SQL queries for analytics and business intelligence. Their self-service semantic layer allows data teams to work directly on data lake storage without complex data pipelines.

Valuation$2B (Joined January 2021)
HeadquartersSanta Clara, California, United States
Year Founded2015
FoundersJacques Nadeau, Tomer Shiran
Funding Amount$410M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries E
Top InvestorsNorwest, Sapphire Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Adams Street Partners

AppsFlyer builds a marketing analytics platform to help brands make better business decisions. They specialize in mobile attribution and deep linking technology, giving companies a clear way to measure results and protect against fraud.

Valuation$2B (Joined January 2020)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2011
FoundersOren Kaniel, Reshef Mann
Funding Amount$293.1M
Company SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsQumra Capital, DTCP, Salesforce Ventures, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic

The Remaining 13 Business Intelligence Unicorns

The ten most valuable unicorns only tell part of the story. While the US is a major hub, founders are building billion-dollar business intelligence companies everywhere from Canada to Singapore.

Investors have poured over $4.7 billion into these other companies, a clear sign of the industry's health. Here’s a look at the rest of the unicorn startups shaping the field.

Unicorn StartupCountryYear FoundedAmount RaisedValuation
Alation logo AlationUnited States2012$315M$2B
Fractal logo FractalUnited States2000$862.7M$2B
Mu Sigma logo Mu SigmaIndia2004$211.9M$2B
VideoAmp logo VideoAmpUnited States2014$606.6M$1.4B
G2 logo G2United States2012$257.6M$1.1B
Sisense logo SisenseUnited States2004$274.7M$1.1B
Govini logo GoviniUnited States2011$170M$1B
Mapbox logo MapboxUnited States2010$614.2M$1B
Vantaca logo VantacaUnited States2016$305M$1B
Lighthouse logo LighthouseUnited Kingdom2012$470M$1B
Morning Consult logo Morning ConsultUnited States2014$91M$1B
PatSnap logo PatSnapSingapore2007$351.6M$1B
Visier logo VisierCanada2010$216.5M$1B

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