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WibiData developed big data applications designed to enable enterprises to deliver personalized customer experiences across various channels. The company’s core offerings, including WibiRetail and WibiEnterprise, leveraged open-source technologies such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Cassandra, Apache HBase, and Apache Avro, alongside the Kiji Project, to build robust data solutions. This technical approach focused on making complex data actionable for business personalization.
The company, initially known as Odiago, was founded in 2010 by Christophe Bisciglia, Aaron Kimball, and Garrett Wu. Bisciglia, notably a co-founder of Cloudera, brought significant experience in big data infrastructure. The founding insight stemmed from the belief that more effective access to data could lead to superior decision-making and enhanced customer engagement through tailored experiences.
WibiData aimed to serve large enterprises seeking to harness their extensive datasets for customer personalization. Its vision revolved around providing the tools necessary for businesses to translate raw data into strategic insights that could directly improve customer interactions. The company operated with a forward-looking perspective on how data analytics could shape future customer relationships, before ceasing operations in 2015.
WibiData has raised $23.0M across 2 funding rounds.
WibiData has raised $23.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
WibiData has raised $23.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $18.0M Series B in April 2013.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2013 | $18M Series B | Ross Fubini | Decibel Partners, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Meritech Capital Partners, Phenomen Ventures, QED Investors, Sequoia Capital, Target Global, TomorrowVentures, Volition Capital, XYZ Venture Capital, Chris Bishko, RON Suber, Eric Schmidt, JON Sakoda | Announced |
| Feb 1, 2012 | $5M Series A | NEA | Decibel Partners, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Meritech Capital Partners, Phenomen Ventures, QED Investors, Sequoia Capital, Target Global, TomorrowVentures, Volition Capital, Chris Bishko, RON Suber, Eric Schmidt | Announced |
WibiData was a San Francisco-based software company that built big data applications to help enterprises personalize customer experiences across channels.[1][2][4] It served large businesses seeking better data-driven decision-making, solving the challenge of organizing and analyzing massive datasets from sources like mobile check-ins, Wikipedia, and product catalogs using open-source tools such as Apache Hadoop, Cassandra, HBase, Avro, and the Kiji Project.[1][4][5] The company raised funding from investors including Canaan Partners, New Enterprise Associates, SV Angel, and Eric Schmidt, but faced setbacks with major layoffs in 2014 and ceased operations around 2015.[1]
WibiData was founded in 2010 under the initial name Odiago by Christophe Bisciglia (a Cloudera co-founder), Aaron Kimball, and Garrett Wu.[1][5] The idea stemmed from a belief that improved data access enables superior decision-making, drawing on the founders' expertise in big data technologies like Hadoop.[4][5] Early traction included leveraging Hadoop for managing large-scale data analysis, with applications in diverse areas like mobile data and product catalogs, but the company reoriented amid challenges, leading to layoffs in 2014 and eventual shutdown in 2015.[1][4]
WibiData rode the early 2010s big data wave, capitalizing on the explosion of Hadoop and open-source tools amid surging enterprise data volumes from mobile and web sources.[1][5] Its timing aligned with the shift toward data-driven personalization in retail and e-commerce, influencing adoption by firms like Neiman Marcus and contributing to the ecosystem around scalable analytics frameworks.[6] By demonstrating practical Hadoop applications, it helped normalize open-source big data stacks, though its defunct status reflects market consolidation favoring giants like Cloudera.[1]
As a defunct company shuttered around 2015, WibiData has no active future, but its legacy endures in the maturation of big data personalization tools now dominated by cloud-native platforms like AWS Personalize or Google Cloud AI.[1] Trends in AI-driven customer analytics will continue evolving its original vision, potentially through modern open-source successors, underscoring how early innovators like WibiData paved the way for today's data personalization giants. This ties back to its core mission: unlocking better decisions through accessible big data.[4]
WibiData has raised $23.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
WibiData's investors include Ross Fubini, Decibel Partners, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Meritech Capital Partners, Phenomen Ventures, QED Investors, Sequoia Capital, Target Global, TomorrowVentures, Volition Capital, XYZ Venture Capital.
