performance management software company founded 2006 headquarters san francisco california key people michael gould cto james budge cfo paul melchiorre cro doug smith evp amelia generalis head of talent simon tucker chief product officer michel morel head of application anthony reynolds chief customer officer bill maimone head of engineering grant halloran cmo laurent lefouet managing director of emea dennis dresser managing director of americas samir neji managing director of asia pac products anaplan platform website https www.anaplan.com anaplan is a cloud based business modeling and planning platform for sales operations and finance . the company is a recent entrant to the business planning market which for decades has been dominated by the big four legacy vendors ibm oracle sap and microsoft . 1 anaplan cto michael gould developed anaplan as a response to these legacy systems . at the core of his technology is a single hub where the business user and not it can build deploy maintain and share models . anaplan is headquartered in san francisco with offices in minneapolis 2 england france 3 sweden 4 benelux 5 australia 6 russia 7 malaysia 8 and singapore . 9 contents 1 history 2 technology 3 user conference 4 awards & honors 5 references 6 external links history edit anaplan was founded in 2006 by guy haddleton and michael gould . gould noted outdated technologies and disconnected legacy applications have made dynamic interaction across teams nearly impossible forcing users into static models that can t keep pace with daily change and set about to change that . 10 he spent two years developing a platform that could utilize new computing abilities such as in memory computing 64 bit multi core processing database innovation and saas delivery . after four years of platform development anaplan was officially launched to the public in october 2010 . 11 by year s end anaplan had gained so much market traction that it was being hailed as a creator of the new market in performance management . 12 anaplan brought on frederic laluyaux as ceo in 2012 . 13 under his leadership the company attracted new funding doubled its headcount opened new offices worldwide and added some notable household names as customers . laluyaux left the company in april 2016 14 in 2012 alone anaplan grew its customer base by 500 % and revenues by 800 % . 15 customers include hp 16 mcafee pandora diageo 17 kimberly clark ee 18 and aviva . 19 anaplan closed its c round funding in march 2013 with a 33m investment from meritech shasta ventures granite ventures salesforce.com and additional private investors . 20 anaplan announced may 13 2014 at its hub 2014 conference in san francisco that it has completed a series d round of 100 million in financing bringing total investment in the company to 150 million . 21 a further round of funding was announced in january 2016 amounting to 90 million along with confirmation of anaplan s status as a tech unicorn with a valuation of over 1 billion . 22 23 24 technology edit anaplan s trademarked product is the smart business platform 25 a cloud computing multi tenant data architecture saas product with an in memory calculation engine the hyperblock . anaplan s hyperblock architecture unites a hybrid of relational vertical and olap databases with memory data store and calculation . 26 in spreadsheet planning every cell has a unique formula that is interdependent on other cells . instead the hyperblock automatically records updates at a granular level by amending only the affected cells . as volumes scale users can instantaneously update or change models of any size . 27 the living blueprint is the brain behind anaplan s in memory platform . this master repository of business rules is where all the intelligence behind a model is generated and maintained . this allows adjustments to the model to be made in seconds thus allowing the model to grow and adapt with a constantly changing business . 28 anaplan is a software as a service saas and is completely cloud based . this eliminates the need for dedicated hardware or maintenance teams to make the platform work . it also enables zero deployment users can log onto the platform on almost any device from anywhere . 29 in november 2014 anaplan announced the launch of the anaplan app hub a community for anaplan users to build share and deploy planning apps . 30 the app hub launched with dozens of planning apps across 10 industries including budgeting planning and forecasting sales forecasting trade and promotion planning territory and quota planning financial consolidation incentive compensation planning strategic financial planning insurance premium planning and human asset and labor optimization halo amongst others . in 2015 gartner labeled anaplan a visionary in their magic quadrant reports for both corporate performance management cpm 31 and sales performance management spm . 32 user conference edit anaplan has a biannual customer facing event anaplan hub . it is a place for customers to speak and share stories as well as a platform for the executives to announce product releases updates and new strategies . in may 2013 the inaugural hub took place in san francisco . 33 customer speakers included diageo pandora mcafee healthtrust serena software wind river 2degrees and airasia expedia . in october 2013 it hosted hub europe in london . 34 customer speakers included aviva hewlett packard and kimberly clark eastern europe . in 2014 anaplan expanded the hub conference beyond its flagship event in san francisco to include a world tour . 35 the tour included conferences in eindhoven stockholm paris and london . anaplan continues to expand the conference series to include new locations and the first hub conference of 2015 was held in singapore . 36 the annual san francisco flagship user conference is held in may . awards & honors edit 15 companies to watch fsn 2011 37 gartner cool vendor in finance and procurement gartner 2012 38 operational innovation award for sales excellence ventana research 2012 39 ondemand top 100 in business management application software alwayson 2013 40 gartner magic quadrant visionary for sales performance management gartner 2015 41 gartner magic quadrant visionary for corporate performance management gartner 2015 42 internet trends report kleiner perkins caufield & byers 2015 43 references edit http www.informationweek.com software information management how to choose among the four bright ligh 207101021 anaplan expands its presence in minneapolis anaplan . anaplan . 2014 06 25 . retrieved 2016 06 03 . http www.zdnet.com anaplan acquires reseller vue analytics taps sap europe vet 7000011501 http swedishstartupspace.com 2013 07 19 recent stockholm fundings http www.pehub.com 2013 08 21 vc backed anaplan opens new european office announces two new hires lead http www.zdnet.com article 100m funding round sees anaplan launch in australia http www.pr.com press release 554463 https www.digitalnewsasia.com enterprise anaplan set to shake up malaysian erp market http www.mis asia.com tech cloud computing anaplan chooses singapore to launch its business in asia http www.reuters.com article 2010 10 20 idus106618 20 oct 2010 prn20101020 http www.reuters.com article 2010 10 20 idus106618 20 oct 2010 prn20101020 http www.fsn.co.uk channel financial reporting review of 2011 a year of surprising innovation . uldhbmtzbha http blogs.wsj.com venturecapital 2012 09 12 the daily start up aerohive buzzes with 22 5m led by ivp amid sweet mobile connectivity demand http www.fsn.co.uk channel bi bpm cpm fsn interviews frederic laluyaux ceo anaplan . umrbi5tzzra http techcrunch.com 2013 03 05 business data modeling and planning software company anaplan raises 33m from meritech shasta and others http www.prweb.com releases 2013 5 prweb10758196.htm http blog.ventanaresearch.com 2013 05 29 anaplan innovates business modeling and planning http www.pehub.com 2013 08 vc backed anaplan opens new european office announces two new hires lead http www.prweb.com releases 2013 5 prweb10753263.htm http techcrunch.com 2013 03 05 business data modeling and planning software company anaplan raises 33m from meritech shasta and others http www.eweek.com innovation tech deals and startups anaplan raises 100 million in series d financing.html utm source twitterfeed & utm medium twitter http www.ft.com cms s 0 78d14b66 ba0d 11e5 bf7e 8a339b6f2164.html http www.bloomberg.com news articles 2016 01 14 anaplan valued at 1 1 billion after 90 million pre ipo round http blogs.wsj.com venturecapital 2016 01 14 anaplan achieves 1 09 billion valuation with new round http bluehillresearch.com anaplan enhances the smart business platform at anaplan hub 16 http www.computerweekly.com news 2240203001 taylor wimpey builds cloud forecasting process with anaplan http www.bedfordconsulting.co.uk anaplan technology 4561018751 http www.bedfordconsulting.co.uk anaplan technology 4561018751 http www.cloudtweaks.com 2013 05 cloud startup in focus anaplan http techcrunch.com 2014 11 12 anaplan app hub wants to bring open source sharing ethos to financial planners 1 http www.prnewswire.com news releases gartner positions anaplan as a cpm visionary with its second magic quadrant placement this year 300061116.html 2 http www.bizjournals.com prnewswire press releases 2015 02 25 sf40283 http www.prweb.com releases 2013 5 prweb10735000.htm http www.reuters.com article 2013 10 01 anaplan idusnbw016841a 100 bsw20131001 4 http static.crunchbase.com newsletter content 20140917 anaplan hub 2014 world tour.html 5 http www.cio asia.com resource applications anaplan wows its customers and partners at its annual conference in singapore http www.fsn.co.uk channel enterprise financials fsn market roundup 2010 http www.gartner.com id 2003122 http www.ventanaresearch.com resources resources.aspx id 3519 http aonetwork.com announcing the 2013 ondemand 100 top private companies https www.gartner.com 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