Domo, Inc.

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Domo, Inc.
Company type Public
Nasdaq:  DOMO (Class B)
Russell 2000 Index component
IndustryComputer Software
Founded2010;14 years ago (2010)
Founder Josh James
Headquarters
American Fork, Utah
,
US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Mellor (CEO & board member)
RevenueIncrease2.svg$258.0 Million [1]  (2022)
Number of employees
824 [2]
Website domo.com

Domo, Inc. is an American cloud software company based in American Fork, Utah, United States. It specializes in business intelligence tools and data visualization. [3]

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History

Domo, Inc. was founded in 2010 by Josh James [4] [5] [6] After leaving Adobe, in October 2010, James started Shacho, Inc. [7] In December 2010, Shacho purchased Lindon-based Corda Technologies. [8] James changed Shacho's name to Domo. [9]

In March 2021, Domo was named on the Women Tech Council (WTC) 2020 Shatter List for the fourth consecutive year for hiring and retaining women in IT careers. [10]

Investors

Initial investors in Domo include Benchmark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Ron Conway and David Lee of SV Angel, Hummer Winblad, Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff, and Fraser Bullock of Sorenson Capital. [4] [11] In 2011, $20 million came from Silicon Valley–based Institutional Venture Partners, which also invested in Josh James’ previous start-up, Omniture. [4] [11] In 2013, the company announced a Series B investment of $60 million from GGV Capital, Greylock, Bezos Expeditions, and Co-CEOs of Workday, Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield. [12]

In February 2014, Domo announced Series C funding of an additional $125 million from multiple investors including TPG Growth, T. Rowe Price, and Viking Global Investors. Existing investors GGV Capital, Greylock Partners, IVP, and Mercato Partners also participated. [13]

In April 2015, Domo, Inc. raised another $200 million in Series D financing with a $2 billion valuation. The round was led by BlackRock and Glynn Capital Management, Capital Group and GGV. [14] In March 2016, the company closed a Series D investment round of $131 million with its existing investors and new investors, including Credit Suisse and Capital Advisors. [15]

On April 27, 2017, Domo raised $200 million in Series D funding led by Blackrock, with participation from Capital Group, Glynn Capital Management, and GGV Capital. [16] Domo, Inc. was listed on the NASDAQ Global Exchange on June 29, 2018, with an initial offering of 9,200,000 shares at $21.00 per share. [17]

Overview

Domo, Inc is a cloud-based platform designed to provide real-time access to business data for decision makers across the company with minimal IT involvement. [18] [11] [19] [20] It is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) venture. [4] [18]

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  13. ↑ "Josh James's Domo, Inc raises $125 million from TPG, others". Reuters. February 5, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
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