Anaplan

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Anaplan, Inc.
Company type Private
(2018–2022)
Industry Enterprise Performance Management, Software Company
Founded2006;18 years ago (2006) in Yorkshire, England
Founder
  • Guy Haddleton
  • Sue Haddleton
  • Michael Gould
Headquarters Miami, Florida
Number of locations
13 countries
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Charles Gottdiener (CEO)
  • Hemant Kapadia (CFO)
  • Adam Thier (CTO)
ProductsAnaplan Platform
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$592.2 million (2022) [1]
Owner Thoma Bravo
Number of employees
2,200+ (Jan 2022)
Website www.anaplan.com

Anaplan is a business planning software company headquartered in Miami, Florida. Anaplan sells subscriptions for cloud-based business-planning software and provides data for decision-making purposes. [2] [3]

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Anaplan's products are used by over 1,000 organizations globally. [4]

The company has been listed as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning & Analysis Solutions in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2023. [5]

History

In 2006, Anaplan was founded by Guy Haddleton, Sue Haddleton, and Michael Gould in Yorkshire, England. [6]

In 2012, Anaplan brought on Frederic Laluyaux as CEO. [7] Laluyaux eventually left the company four years later in April 2016. [8]

A year after Laluyaux became CEO, Anaplan acquired its reseller Vue Analytics in U.K. for an undisclosed amount. [9]

Recent history

In May 2014, Anaplan introduced its marketplace, Anaplan Hub. [10]  Using the marketplace, customers can share and find pre-designed planning models. [10]

After multiple rounds of funding, to assist with going public, the company hired James Budge as its chief financial officer. [11] In 2016, Anaplan had over 480 customers in 20 countries. [11] [12]

In April 2016 Anaplan acquired data analytics brand Chartcube. [13]

In January 2017 Anaplan appointed Frank A. Calderoni as CEO. [14] Calderoni took the company public on October 12, 2018, with Anaplan being listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol PLAN. [15]

In August 2019, Anaplan announced plans to acquire Mintigo, an Israeli-founded predictive marketing and sales analytics company. [16] In November, the company was named to Deloitte Technology Fast 500. [17]

In March 2022, the private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced a definitive agreement to purchase Anaplan for $10.7 billion. [18] The deal closed in June 2022. [19] Thoma Bravo renegotiated the deal to $10.4 billion, stating that Anaplan had breached the merger agreement by overpaying new workers, although commentators linked the renegotiation to the broader market downturn. [20] [21]

Also in 2022, Anaplan announced the acquisition of the applications division from existing partner Vuealta. [22]

In June 2023, Anaplan began a round of major layoff, ranging from 119 to 500 employees. [23]

Funding

Anaplan raised its first venture capital funding within a year of its first sales in 2010. [24] In 2012, the company raised $11.4 million in Series B financing from investors that included Granite Ventures and Shasta Ventures. [25]

Then, in 2014, the company’s Series D funding raised $100 million from new and existing investors including DFJ Growth, Workday, and Shasta Ventures. [10]  In 2016, Anaplan raised $90 million and became the second UK-founded company to achieve a $1 billion valuation. [26]

Premji Invest led the fundraising, and was joined by Baillie Gifford, Founders Circle Capital, Harmony Partners, and Anaplan's then-current investors. [26] As of January 2016, Anaplan had raised a total of $240 million in five funding rounds. [26]

Technology

Anaplan's Hyperblock technology is a patented in-memory database and calculation engine for business planning. [27] [28] [29]

In November 2014, Anaplan announced the launch of the Anaplan App Hub for business planning applications. [30]

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