Collibra
Tagline: “Unified governance for data and AI” (vendor wording).
Overview
Collibra is a data and AI governance platform founded in Belgium in 2008 (company site) by Felix Van de Maele (CEO), with Stijn Christiaens and Pieter De Leenheer as co-founders and a VUB STARLab spin-off (earlier note, not re-verified). The company states it is headquartered in New York and Brussels, with about 1,000 employees and 700+ customers including 100+ of the Fortune 500 (vendor claims, as of 2026-10-05). Platform: data catalog, governance workflows, lineage, quality, privacy and AI governance.
Funding
- Series G: 5.25B valuation (Collibra release).
- Other totals in the earlier draft (about $596M raised, revenue estimates) are unverified.
Timeline (Collibra newsroom)
- 2025-01-22: ISO 42001 certification and an EU AI Act assessment tool.
- 2025-05-06: AI Command Center (oversight of agent sprawl).
- 2025-06-05: acquired Raito; 2025-07-24: acquired Deasy Labs (governance for unstructured data).
- 2026-06: Databricks 2026 Data Governance Partner of the Year; expanded Snowflake integration.
- 2026-09-23: Maestro, Live Map and Guardian Agents announced (announcement per newsroom; availability not verified); 2026-10-05: acquisition of Trail ML listed (release dated as shown on the newsroom page; check before relying).
- Recognition claimed by the company: Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Data and Analytics Governance (second consecutive year) and 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 (company site; not checked against Gartner or Forbes).
Competitors
Peers (author’s list, not sourced): Atlan, Alation, Informatica, plus platform-native governance from Databricks Unity Catalog, Snowflake Horizon and Microsoft Purview.
Sources
- https://www.collibra.com/company/who-we-are (accessed 2026-10-05)
- https://www.collibra.com/company/newsroom/press-releases (accessed 2026-10-05)
- https://www.collibra.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/collibra-raises-250-million-in-funding-round-led-by-sequoia-capital-global-equities-and-sofina-more-than-doubling-its-valuation-to-5-25-billion
Open items
- Founder list, total funding, revenue and availability (GA vs announced) of the 2026 products not verified.