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Collibra

New York, US · Founded 2008 · 1,112 employees on LinkedIn · 13 known investors

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Collibra describes its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments and how these principles guide its business decisions. The page is a corporate ESG statement rather than a description of the company's products.

Also known as Collibra NV

Founders & leadership

Collibra was founded in 2008 by Felix Van de Maele.

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Felix Van de MaeleFounder, CEOFelix Van de Maele is founder of Collibra, a data intelligence platform that helps organizations manage and leverage data assets across their enterprises.
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Damien TrogFounder
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Pieter De LeenheerFounder
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Stan ChristiaensFounder
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Stijn ChristiaensFounder

Investors · 13

Newionlisted by NewionAmsterdam · $1.1M – $11M

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Also in the syndicate · 1

Sequoia Capital Global Equitieslead

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$250M disclosed across 1 of 5 rounds · 2020–2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Collibra provides enterprise software for governing data and artificial intelligence, describing its offering as an "Enterprise AI Control Plane" that sits above an organization's data platforms, models and agents. The platform spans context engineering, an AI Command Center, context governance and data governance, and is intended to let organizations certify and govern business context, serve that context to AI models and agents, and govern what those systems do without relocating data or committing to a single underlying platform.

The product approach is built on ontology engineering: a formal knowledge graph of an organization's business concepts, terms and relationships — including lineage, business rules, definitions and semantics — used to give AI agents and data consumers governed context. Related capabilities include intelligent discovery, lineage, data quality and sensitivity assessment, curated and certified data products delivered through a marketplace, policy enforcement, and AI governance covering agents, use cases and models across their lifecycle. Collibra also references preparation of unstructured content such as emails, PDFs and SharePoint material into curated datasets through automated metadata enrichment, sensitivity screening and quality assessment.

Stated use cases include transforming unstructured data for AI, delivering returns from data products, productionizing AI use cases, and automating risk reporting for regulatory compliance.

Business model

Collibra sells an enterprise software platform to large organizations, with a sales-assisted motion that directs prospects to book demos or contact sales.

Traction

The company reports more than 2 billion data assets managed on its platform and 78 Fortune 500 customers, with published customer stories from SAP, McDonald's, Toyota Motor Europe, HEINEKEN and L'Oréal.

Latest developments

Recent announcements include the launch of the AI Command Center as an end-to-end control plane for AI, being named Databricks' Governance Partner of the Year, an expanded integration with Snowflake to bring governed business context and semantics across the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, and a deepened Google Cloud partnership bringing business context and semantics to Knowledge Catalog.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Collibra presents itself as an enterprise standard for AI context and control, citing recognition as a two-time Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms and a five-time Forrester Wave leader in data governance reports, including a Leader placement for enterprise data governance.

Collibra emphasizes ontology-governed context rather than a simple business glossary, arguing that capturing how concepts connect gives agents one canonical truth, reducing retries, hallucinations and token spend, and providing a single governed view of AI use cases, models and agents; it also stresses platform neutrality, working across any data, model or agent without data movement or vendor lock-in.

Technology

An ontology-based governance layer: a knowledge graph of business concepts, terms, relationships, lineage and business rules that supplies canonical meaning, trust signals and access policies to AI agents and data consumers, combined with automated metadata enrichment, sensitivity screening and data quality assessment, and an AI Command Center for lifecycle governance of models, agents and use cases. The platform is designed to operate across data sources, models and agents without moving customer data.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales supported by demo requests, customer case studies, analyst-report positioning, news and webinar series, in-person summits in New York and London, and technology partnerships and integrations with cloud and data platform vendors such as Databricks, Snowflake and Google Cloud.

Large global enterprises and their data, governance and AI teams; the company cites 78 Fortune 500 companies among its customers, with named references including SAP, McDonald's, Toyota Motor Europe, HEINEKEN and L'Oréal.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Data assets managed on platformJan 2025>2 billion
Forrester Wave leader placements in data governance reportsJan 20255 reports
Fortune 500 customersJan 202578 companies
Gartner Magic Quadrant leader placementsJan 20252 reports
HeadcountAug 20261,112

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

6 people who came through Collibra went on to found or lead other companies.

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Acquisitions · 1

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Timeline · 4

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
Named Databricks' Governance Partner of the Year

Collibra was named Databricks' Governance Partner of the Year, with the two companies deepening their partnership to ground agentic AI in governed context.

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Jan 2025
Deepened Google Cloud partnership

Google Cloud and Collibra deepened their partnership to bring business context and semantics directly to Knowledge Catalog.

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Jan 2025
Expanded Snowflake integration

Snowflake and Collibra expanded their integration to bring governed business context and semantics across the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.

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Jan 2025
Collibra introduces the AI Command Center

Collibra announced the AI Command Center, described as an end-to-end control plane for AI that governs AI agents, use cases and models across their full lifecycle.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

▸Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Collibra do?
Collibra offers an enterprise platform for data and AI governance, positioned as an "AI control plane" for governed context.
Who founded Collibra?
Collibra was founded by Felix Van de Maele in 2008.
Who are Collibra's investors?
Collibra's investors include Alkeon Innovation, Battery Ventures, CapitalG, Crane Venture Partners, Dawn Capital, ICONIQ, Index Ventures, Newion and 4 more.
How much funding has Collibra raised?
Collibra has disclosed $250M raised across 1 of its 5 known rounds.
Where is Collibra headquartered?
Collibra is headquartered in New York, US.