Quickbase

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Quickbase, Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Platform as a service
Digital transformation
Enterprise Software
Founded1999
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Products
  • Quickbase platform
RevenueIncrease2.svg $200 Million(2022) [1]
Number of employees
314 (2018)
Website www.quickbase.com

Quickbase, Inc., is a software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts spun off from Intuit in March 2016. In January 2019, Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in Quickbase from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for a reported $1 billion. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Quickbase's platform is intended for building applications without the need for extensive coding knowledge. The company's platform includes drag-and-drop functionality, customizable templates, and pre-built components. These features allow users to build and deploy applications with simplified user interfaces.

History

In 1999, Joe Rice, Jim Salem, and Claude von Roesgen developed OneBase, a web-based multi-tenant service to enable consolidation and sharing of easily accessible business information. [5] In fall of 1999, Intuit added OneBase to its product portfolio, which includes QuickBooks and TurboTax. [5] In 2000, Intuit renamed OneBase and launched Quickbase, described at the time as a "web-based tool for sharing information that will revolutionize how small businesses and workgroups collaborate with employees, vendors and customers". [6]

In 2005, Quickbase was chosen as PC Magazine Editors' Choice. [7] The same year, Quickbase won the SIIA Codie Award for "Best Business Software Product or Service." [8] In 2015, Intuit announced plans to divest itself from Demandforce, Quickbase, and Quicken operations. [9] Quickbase won the SIIA CODiE Award for Best Real Estate/Construction Management Solution and finalist for Best Cloud Platform as a Service. [10] [11] [12]

In 2016, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe completed its acquisition of Intuit Quickbase. [13] Vista Equity Partners purchased the majority equity in the company for more than $1B in January 2019. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe remained a minority stakeholder. [14] In August, Quickbase bought Cloudpipes, which provides integration and automation tools for business applications through a cloud-based platform. [15]

Services

Quickbase is a low-code platform that allows non-technical developers to build, customize and connect secure cloud applications without compromising IT governance and control. [16] [17]

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