Endeca
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology Information access |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Steve Papa[1][2] (CEO) |
| Parent | Oracle Corporation |
Endeca was a software company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that sold eCommerce search, customer experience management, enterprise search and business intelligence applications.
Endeca was founded in 1999 as Optigrab.[3] It was a privately held company, backed by venture capital investment from Bessemer, DN Capital founders Steve Schlenker and Nenad Marovac,[4] Ampersand,[5] GGV, In-Q-Tel, Intel, SAP and Venrock.[citation needed]
On October 18, 2011, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Endeca for $1.075B.[6]
Endeca's product provided faceted search in the context of electronic commerce[7] and online libraries.[8]