Qlik
Data analytics and data integration vendor. Founded in Sweden in 1993 (Qlik’s FY2015 10-K); HQ King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (qlik.com); CEO Mike Capone since January 2018 (Qlik press release 2018-01-11, former COO of Medidata Solutions). Qlik says it is used by 75% of the Fortune 500 (press release 2026-04-14, company claim).
- Ownership: taken private by Thoma Bravo funds, merger completed 2016-08-22 (SEC Form 8-K; delisted from Nasdaq). Thoma Bravo remains majority owner; ADIA (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority) took a significant minority stake, announced November 2024 and closed 2025-05-08 (Qlik press releases 2024-11-11 and 2025-05-08). No public listing.
- Acquisitions (Qlik press releases): Attunity (completed 2019-05-06), Talend (intent 2023-01-05, closed 2023-05-16), Mozaic Data (2023-12-19), Kyndi’s patents, technology and team (2024-01-18). Thoma Bravo’s release counts 14 acquisitions under its ownership.
- Products: Qlik Cloud Analytics, Qlik Sense, QlikView, Qlik Answers; data integration under Qlik Talend Cloud, including Qlik Open Lakehouse (Apache Iceberg, GA 2025-09-16).
- AI: agentic experience (Qlik Answers, Discovery Agent) and MCP server GA 2026-02-10 (press release); Predict, Automate and Analytics agents announced 2026-04-14 at Qlik Connect (details in the tool note).
- Learning: Qlik learning path.
Sources (fetched 2026-10-05)
- Qlik press releases under https://www.qlik.com/us/news/company/press-room/press-releases/ : qlik-completes-attunity-acquisition-to-offer-enterprise-data-integration, qlik-intends-to-acquire-talend, qlik-acquires-talend, qlik-acquires-mozaic-data-leveraging-data-products-to-simplify-data-management, qlik-acquires-kyndi-to-advance-ai-driven-business-outcomes, qlik-accelerating-growth-attracts-significant-investment-from-thoma-bravo-and-adia, qlik-announces-close-of-significant-investment-led-by-adia-and-thoma-bravo, 0111-qlik-announces-new-ceo, qlik-open-lakehouse-now-generally-available (all fetched 2026-10-08)
- SEC EDGAR CIK 1305294: Form 8-K 2016-08-22 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305294/000119312516687613/d243077d8k.htm), 10-K FY2015
- https://www.qlik.com/us/company/global-offices
Open items
- Current revenue, headcount and valuation not sourced. Founders’ names (earlier listed from Wikipedia) are not in the primary sources checked and were removed. The earlier “confidential 2022 IPO filing” claim was not verified and was removed.
See also: Talend Data Fabric and Qlik Talend Cloud.