Endeca
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology Information access |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Steve Papa (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. It was a privately held company, backed by venture capital investment from Bessemer, DN Capital founders Steve Schlenker and Nenad Marovac, Ampersand, GGV, In-Q-Tel, Intel, SAP and Venrock.
On October 18, 2011, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Endeca for $1.075B.
Endeca's product provided faceted search in the context of electronic commerce and online libraries. It was considered a leader in the enterprise search and information access market by industry analyst firms Gartner, IDC, and Forrester Research