June 26, 2018 (New York City, USA and Munich, Germany) Celonis, the global market leader in process mining software, has raised $50 million in Series B funding from existing investors Accel and 83North, which values the company at $1 billion. Celonis has been a profitable company every year since its inception and has outpaced its growth targets since its June 2016 $27.5 million Series A funding.
Founded in 2011, Celonis quickly established itself as a pioneer in developing process mining technology. The company has grown 5,000% in the past 4 years and 300% in the past year. Since opening its office in New York in September 2016 it has quickly added blue chip customers like Merck, Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil and Uber to its roster. The US is the fastest growing region for Celonis and will soon exceed 50% of its total revenue.
For Global 2000 companies, transforming to an intelligent enterprise has become a key strategic priority. Celonis Intelligent Business System disrupts what had previously been a manual, time-consuming and expensive consulting-driven approach to jump-start transformation initiatives. Built on its process mining technology, Celonis provides visibility into existing process flows, a detailed analysis of process metrics, and an intelligent framework for process improvements. Organizations are increasingly turning to Celonis, because they can see an immediate improvement to both their top and bottom lines.
Today’s investment will be used to accelerate hiring and expansion plans throughout the world. Its US sales force has grown 10x in the past year, with Celonis expanding offices to Boston, Raleigh and Miami (which will serve LATAM) and planning to open Midwest and West Coast offices in the short term. Its New York City-based US headquarters, which opened with four people 18 months ago, is expanding to new offices with a capacity of over 150 employees in Fall 2018. Celonis will also be increasing its R&D investments in product development and accelerating the product roadmap.
“With Accel and 83North, we have two seasoned partners who are experienced with building world-class technology companies,” said Alexander Rinke, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Celonis. “Not only will this funding give us more opportunity to execute on our product roadmap and ambitious growth strategy, but it really is a testament to the great work of our passionate employees who love the opportunity to surprise and delight customers with what our product can do to make them and their organizations work better.”
Harry Nelis, Partner at Accel, said: “We’re excited to be doubling down on our partnership with the exceptional team at Celonis with today’s investment. From day one, we have been extremely impressed with the company Alex, Bastian and Martin have built, and the market demand for what they have created has exceeded all expectations; Celonis’ rapidly-growing roster of multinational clients speaks to the company’s global potential.”
“The fundamental change and value Celonis drives in an organization, thrilled us,” said Laurel Bowden, Partner at 83North. “We knew the market was enormous and that customers were clearly in need of this product which could be quickly applied for quantifiable business benefits. The team will continue to focus on driving rapid growth, because the more people who know about Celonis, the more impact they can have on transforming industries.”
About Celonis
Celonis (www.celonis.com) is a New York- and Munich-based enterprise software company that offers an Intelligent Business System based on the process mining technology it pioneered. As the market leader in process mining, Celonis helps organizations to rapidly understand and improve operational process flows for business transformation. Companies around the world including Siemens, GM, 3M, Bayer, Airbus and Vodafone rely on Celonis technology to guide them in creating new, automated business processes that save millions of dollars while delighting their customers with improved experiences.
Contact:
Maria Scurry m.scurry@celonis.com 781-366-7617