Endeca

Last updated
Endeca Technologies Inc.
Type Private
Industry Information technology
Information access
Founded1999
Headquarters Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Steve Papa [1] [2]
(CEO)
Parent Oracle Corporation

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 [3] and was a privately held company, backed by venture capital investment from Bessemer, DN Capital, Ampersand, [4] GGV, In-Q-Tel, Intel, SAP and Venrock.[ citation needed ] On October 18, 2011, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Endeca for $1.075B. [5]

Endeca's product provided faceted search, particularly in the context of electronic commerce [6] and online libraries. [7] It was considered a leader in the enterprise search and information access market by industry analyst firms Gartner, [8] IDC, [9] and Forrester Research [10]

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