Acquia

Acquia
Private
Industry Computer software
Founded 2007[1]
Founder Dries Buytaert
Jay Batson
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts[2], U.S.
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Tom Erickson (CEO)
Dries Buytaert (CTO)
Tim Bertrand
Preston Bradfield
Chris Stone
Heather Hartford
Revenue Over $100 million (February 2015)
Number of employees
 800
Website acquia.com

Acquia is a software-as-a-service company co-founded by Dries Buytaert and Jay Batson to provide enterprise products, services, and technical support for open-source web content management platform Drupal.

The company is venture capital backed, having received $173.5 million in eight rounds. The most recent Series G round of funding raised $55 million in September 2015, led by Centerview Capital.[3] Other investors include Amazon,[4] New Enterprise Associates, Investor Grown Capital, and North Bridge Venture Partners.[5] In February 2015 Acquia announced it had surpassed $100 million in revenue for 2014, up 46 percent from 2013.[6]

In 2013, Acquia was named the Fastest Growing Private Technology Company in North America by Deloitte[7] and remained in the Deloitte's Fastest 500 the next year.[8] On August 21, 2012, Acquia was named #8 on the Inc. (magazine) 500 list for 2012, the #1 software company and #8 company in Boston.[9] On August 22, 2013, Inc. (magazine) 500 fastest growing private companies list, Acquia was ranked #8 in Software and overall #109 in the list.[10][11]

Acquia has received industry recognition, including being identified as a Leader by the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management[12] and a Strong Performer in the 2015 Forrester Wave for Web Content Management Systems.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Acquia raises $7M for Drupal platform". venturebeat.com. 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us". acquia.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  3. ↑ "Online Content Manager Acquia Raises $55 Million For Online Customer Relationships". boston.com. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  4. ↑ Duryee, Tricia. "Amazon makes an undisclosed investment in cloud services company Acquia". www.geekwire.com. Geek Wire. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Crunchbase entry for Acquia".
  6. ↑ "IPO-bound Acquia reaches $100M annual revenue".
  7. ↑ "Technology Fast 500™ 2013 Ranking". deloitte.com. 2012. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Harris, David. "28 Mass. firms make Deloitte 500 fastest-growing companies list". bizjournals.com.
  9. ↑ "America's 10 Fastest Growing Private Companies". inc.com. 2011-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Companies on the Inc.5000 include Sparc and Telogis". Inc.com. 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "The 2013 Inc. 5000 List - BlueSquare Resolutions through iSirona". Inc.com. 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Gartner Magic Quadrant for WCM".
  13. ↑ "Forrester Wave for Web Content Management Systems".

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