January 27th, 2013

The Enterprise Cool Kids

The Enterprise Cool Kids

No, this isn’t a guest column by Aaron Levie. Though he and his startup Box, the poster child of the “sexy enterprise,” are definitely included in the bunch. “You should definitely kick Aaron off the list. Just to mess with him,” Zendesk founder Mikkel Svane commented when he heard what we were writing. With VCs voting with their feet and eschewing consumer startups… → Read More

November 13th, 2012

Chartio Improves The Way You Visualize Your Data

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Y Combinator startup Chartio has come out of its quiet mode with its service for connecting databases to create charts and graphs without ever needing to upload data. → Read More

July 25th, 2012

GoodData Raises $25 Million To Extend Cloud Based Business Intelligence Platform

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GoodData has raised $25 million to continue developing its cloud-based business intelligence technology.

The funding brings GoodData’s total to $55 million. Founder and CEO Roman Stanek said the investment came from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners and Windcrest Partners also contributing to the round. → Read More

August 18th, 2011

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $15M Round In Cloud Business Intelligence Platform GoodData

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Startup GoodData, which provides companies with a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform, has raised $15 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz with existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners and Windcrest Partners also contributing to the round. This investment brings GoodData’s total funding to $28.5 million. The company has also added two new members… → Read More

July 28th, 2010

GoodData secures another $6.5 million

GoodData is rapidly becoming a key example of the technology innovation emerging from Central Europe – and laying a bet on Europe seems to be paying off for Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, the venture and growth equity investor, which backs European entrepreneurs exclusively.

It’s invested $2 million in the startup, the second investment for the £100 million fund, leading an overall $6.5… → Read More

July 28th, 2010

GoodData Secures Another $6.5 million In A Round Led By Fidelity

GoodData is rapidly becoming a key example of the technology innovation emerging from Central Europe – and laying a bet on Europe seems to be paying off for Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, the venture and growth equity investor, which backs European entrepreneurs exclusively.

It’s invested $2 million in the startup, the second investment for the £100 million fund, leading an overall $6.5… → Read More

December 10th, 2009

Down To Business: Amazon Announces Its AWS Start-Up Challenge Winners

Amazon has announced the winners of its 2009 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Start-Up Challenge. The main criteria was to come up with a start-up that could have a lasting impact while utilizing AWS for its infrastructure. The grand prize winner this year is GoodData, a SaaS business analytics startup that helps companies easily visual data and metrics. The company won a combination prize of $50,000 in… → Read More