{"id":968,"date":"2015-03-17T13:38:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/?p=968"},"modified":"2016-09-29T14:19:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T18:19:16","slug":"new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/","title":{"rendered":"New Round of Funding Puts Birst at Top of Thriving BI Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-969\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/03\/New-Round-of-Funding-Puts-Birst-at-Top-of-Thriving-BI-Space.jpg\" alt=\"New Round of Funding Puts Birst at Top of Thriving BI Space\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/03\/New-Round-of-Funding-Puts-Birst-at-Top-of-Thriving-BI-Space.jpg 600w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/03\/New-Round-of-Funding-Puts-Birst-at-Top-of-Thriving-BI-Space-406x203.jpg 406w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/03\/New-Round-of-Funding-Puts-Birst-at-Top-of-Thriving-BI-Space-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Birst, the global leader in Cloud Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics, announced this morning that they have received $65-million in Series F funding from five investors which will help drive the company\u2019s growth and future success. The company, founded in 2005 in San Francisco has now raised a total of $156 million and has established itself as a leader in the Cloud BI environment. Birst plans to use their new round of funding to strengthen its international presence, drive marketing and sales, and invest in enhanced product features, which will be felt directly by their customers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/get-a-free-business-intelligence-software-buyers-guide\/\">+ Download our free 2015 Business Intelligence Buyers Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doug Leone, partner at Sequoia Capital, and one of Birst\u2019s investors notes: \u201cThe BI market is going through a major transition as the legacy suppliers continue to decline. The race for next-generation leadership in BI and analytics is going to be won by the supplier that offers world-class technology, great business leadership, and a proven capability to focus on today\u2019s needs versus those from a decade ago. Birst is the clear leader among the new companies trying to disrupt and own this huge BI market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This news comes on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/looker-gains-notoriety-with-new-query-language-funding\/\">Looker\u2019s big $30-million dollar funding round<\/a> that broke in the news last week, as those who innovate in the BI space seem to be doing quite well for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Birst and Looker, several other BI and Analytics companies received notable funding rounds during the last calender year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.platfora.com\/\">Platfora<\/a>: <\/strong>Received $38M in Series C funding on March 19, 2014, bringing their total funds raised to $65.2M<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sisense.com\/\">Sisense:<\/a> <\/strong>Received $30M in Series C funding on June 12, 2014, bringing their total funds raised to $44M<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gooddata.com\/\">GoodData<\/a>:<\/strong> Received $25.7M in series E funding on September 10, 2014, bringing their total funds raised to $101.2M<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alteryx.com\/\">Alteryx<\/a><\/strong>: Received $60M in Series B funding on October 6, 2014, bringing their total funds raised to $78M<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These rounds of funding speak not only to each individual company\u2019s success in creating and innovating BI software solutions, but to the affluence of the industry as a whole. It\u2019s obvious that as big data adoption becomes commonplace amongst enterprise communities, organizations need software to help them manage all of their data, and more importantly, gain valuable insights from it.<\/p>\n<p>With new solutions from top vendors being released what seems like weekly, it\u2019s clear that the business intelligence and analytics industry is not just surviving; it\u2019s thriving. As more companies begin to realize how noteworthy their edge becomes after implementing big data, the need for software solutions will follow. The trends in data analytics of democratization and giving more users better access will only accelerate the space\u2019s relevance in the enterprise world as more users are able to get their hands on it. Business intelligence and data analytics are on the verge of exploding, as a result.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve witnessed the advent of \u201csmart\u201d phones and \u201csmart\u201d appliances, and in the not-too-distant future the evolution of the \u201csmart everything\u201d will be upon us. With access to new resources and tools, 2015 very well may be the year of the \u201csmart\u201d company.<\/p>\n<p>Credit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/\">CrunchBase<\/a> for funding information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birst.com\/company\/press\/birst-announces-65-million-investment-round\">Click here<\/a> to read Birst\u2019s official press release.<\/p>\n<h3>Check out these additional resources:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"box box0\"><div class=\"column one-third\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/get-a-free-business-intelligence-software-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/get-a-free-business-intelligence-software-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-145 \" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/01\/oie_transparent.png\" alt=\"BI_Data Analytics_Buyers_Guide_Cover_350\" width=\"181\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"column one-third\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/buyers-matrix-report-business-intelligence-solutions\/\">BI and Data Analytics Buyer\u2019s Matrix: Comparing 28 Vendors Features<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/buyers-matrix-report-business-intelligence-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-599 \" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/06\/BI_Buyers_Matrix_Report_Transparent-235x203.png\" alt=\"Business Intelligence Solutions Buyers Matrix Comparison\" width=\"174\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"column one-third last\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentaho.com\/resources\/gartner-magic-quadrant-business-intelligence-analytics-platforms-2016\"><strong>Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise BI and Data Analytics<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentaho.com\/resources\/gartner-magic-quadrant-business-intelligence-analytics-platforms-2016\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2016\/06\/Gartner-IDaaS-Magic-Quadrant.png\" alt=\"Gartner Magic Quadrant Enterprise Business Intelligence\" width=\"139\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birst, the global leader in Cloud Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics, announced this morning that they have received $65-million in Series F funding from five investors which will help drive the company\u2019s growth and future success. The company, founded in 2005 in San Francisco has now raised a total of $156 million and has established [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,47,57,62,60,50,58,59],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Round of Funding Puts Birst at Top of Thriving BI Space<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These rounds of funding speak not only to the success of Birst in creating BI software solutions, but to the affluence of the industry as a whole.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim King\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/\",\"name\":\"New Round of Funding Puts Birst at Top of Thriving BI Space\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/03\/New-Round-of-Funding-Puts-Birst-at-Top-of-Thriving-BI-Space.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-17T17:38:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-29T18:19:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#\/schema\/person\/154e152a275103e373e24ada7f2feb5c\"},\"description\":\"These rounds of funding speak not only to the success of Birst in creating BI software solutions, but to the affluence of the industry as a whole.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/03\/New-Round-of-Funding-Puts-Birst-at-Top-of-Thriving-BI-Space.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2015\/03\/New-Round-of-Funding-Puts-Birst-at-Top-of-Thriving-BI-Space.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"New Round of Funding Puts Birst at Top of Thriving BI Space\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/new-round-of-funding-puts-birst-at-top-of-thriving-bi-space\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Round of Funding Puts Birst at Top of Thriving BI Space\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/\",\"name\":\"Best Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Tools, Software, Solutions &amp; 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