WalkMe

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WalkMe Ltd.
WalkMe logo 2014.png
Available inEnglish, Multi-language
Traded as Nasdaq: WKME
Headquarters 350 Mission Street
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Key peopleDan Adika (CEO)
Rafael Sweary (President)
Hagit Inon (Interim CFO)
Industry SaaS, software, no-code development platform, artificial intelligence, Business process automation
Products WalkMe Digital Adoption Platform (DAP)
Revenue Increase2.svg $245 million (2022) [1]
Employees1,100
Parent SAP
Subsidiaries Abbi, Jaco, DeepUI, Zest
URL www.walkme.com
LaunchedApril 2012;13 years ago (2012-04)

WalkMe Ltd. is an American multinational software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, with headquarters in San Francisco, California. [2] [3] [4] Its digital adoption platform (DAP) was recognized in Everest Group's PEAK Matrix Assessment of DAP vendors as the leading DAP product. [5] Alongside its headquarters in San Francisco, the company has offices in Raleigh, North Carolina; Tel Aviv, Israel, and a global footprint including the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan. [6]

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The company's initial public offering (IPO) took place on June 16, 2021, and resulted in a valuation of US$2.56 billion. [7] WalkMe was acquired by SAP for $1.5 billion in 2024.

History

WalkMe Inc. was founded in 2011 by Dan Adika, Rafael Sweary, Eyal Cohen and Yuval Shalom Ozanna. In April 2012, they launched the product WalkMe. [3] [8] In 2017, WalkMe acquired mobile A/B testing and app engagement platform Abbi, [9] and analytics startup Jaco. [10] User interface artificial intelligence company DeepUI.ai was acquired in June 2018, [11] and information enablement tool Zest was acquired in 2021. [12]

In June 2024, SAP announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire WalkMe for $1.5 billion. [13] [14] The waiting period for the acquisition expired in July 2024 under the Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, with the acquisition expected to be completed by the year-end pending satisfaction of other conditions of the agreement. [15] The acquisition was completed in September 2024. [16]

Corporate affairs

In April 2020, WalkMe and Microsoft announced a partnership in which WalkMe's DAP is embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for customers and partners. [17]

In May 2020, Andrew Casey was appointed as the company's first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). [18]

In October 2020, WalkMe launched its Digital Adoption Institute to the public for providing a scholarship and upskilling courses in digital adoption. [19]

Funding

WalkMe has raised US$307.5 million in nine rounds of funding. The company was valued at US$2 billion after its Series G round in December 2019. [20]

References

  1. ↑ "WalkMe Ltd. Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results". WalkMe.
  2. ↑ Dylan Tweney (2014-04-01). "WalkMe raises $11M to hold your hand as you click through websites". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  3. 1 2 Klie, Leonard (2013-11-01). "Customer Support: Keeping Up with the Digital Migration – CRM Magazine". Destinationcrm.com. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  4. ↑ "2014 Digital Marketing Forecast: 7 Trends To Watch". Nusaresearch.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) Products PEAK Matrix® Assessment with Technology Vendor Landscape 2020". Everest Group. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "WalkMe headquarters and office locations". craft.co. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Solomon, Shoshanna (16 June 2021). "Israel's WalkMe raises $287 million in Nasdaq IPO at $2.5 billion valuation". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Company". WalkMe. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  9. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (13 January 2017). "WalkMe acquires Abbi.io to add mobile A/B testing and engagement – TechCrunch". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Keane, Jonathan (April 4, 2017). "Israel's WalkMe acquires analytics startup Jaco". TechEU. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "WalkMe buys Israeli machine learning co DeepUI". Globes. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Tel Aviv-founded digital adoption platform WalkMe acquires AI search company Zest". Tech.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Software giant SAP agrees to buy WalkMe for $1.5 billion cash". Associated Press. June 5, 2024.
  14. ↑ "SAP Enters into Agreement to Acquire WalkMe, Driving Business Transformation by Enhancing the Customer Experience and Enriching SAP Business AI Offerings". SAP SE. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  15. ↑ Cuthbert, Jon (18 July 2024). "WalkMe (NASDAQ:WKME) clears hurdle for merger with SAP SE". Grafa.
  16. ↑ "SAP Completes Acquisition of WalkMe" (Press release). SAP News. September 12, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Microsoft joins digital platform WalkMe to boost Dynamics 365 sales". Express Computer. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  18. ↑ Muskett, Lauren (13 March 2020). "CFOs On the Move: Week Ending March 13". CFO. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "Digital Adoption Institute Launches with Free Scholarships to Fuel the Reskilling Revolution". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  20. 1 2 "WalkMe raises $90 million to help people navigate user interfaces with on-screen prompts". VentureBeat. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  21. ↑ "Help Gratefully Received: On-Screen Web Guidance System WalkMe Picks Up $1M+ From Mangrove". TechCrunch. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  22. ↑ "Online Guidance System WalkMe Raises Another $5.5M To Make Sure That We Never Get Lost On A Website Again". TechCrunch. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  23. ↑ "Website guide co WalkMe raises $11m – Globes". en.globes.co.il (in Hebrew). 1 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  24. ↑ "WalkMe Raises Another $25M For Its Platform To Get Around Websites And Software More Easily". TechCrunch. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  25. 1 2 "On-screen guidance startup WalkMe raised $50M led by Insight, now valued around $400M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  26. ↑ "WalkMe leads wave of Israeli startup funding with $75 million". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  27. ↑ "SAP Enters into Agreement to Acquire WalkMe, Driving Business Transformation by Enhancing the Customer Experience and Enriching SAP Business AI Offerings". 5 June 2024.