SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clarizen, the award-winning project management and social collaboration software company, today announced that it has completed a $12 million Series E financing round led by Vintage Partners. Existing Clarizen shareholders Benchmark Capital, Carmel Ventures, DAG Ventures and Opus Capital also participated. The funding will support continued expansion, strategic partnerships, and product development designed to enhance the end user experience.
The news comes on the heels of a banner year for Clarizen. The company saw 300% YOY growth in 2011, and continues strong expansion – adding over 100 new customers each month. Clarizen makes organizations more effective by combining the tools needed to plan and execute work within a collaborative cloud-based environment that puts data, structure, and communications all in one place. Simple to use, yet robust, Clarizen’s project management suite eliminates the need for multiple disconnected planning and communication tools. Clarizen’s unified, collaborative environment gives team members and organizations better visibility into their work and provides the tools to get projects executed more quickly.
"Clarizen's vision for today’s social workforce reflects our understanding that successful organizations need much more than task management or another way to communicate," said Avinoam Nowogrodski, CEO and co-founder of Clarizen. "The workplace we enable is powerful, because Clarizen helps move information and communications out of silos, gives them structure, and makes this data actionable. This funding comes at an exciting point as we look to accelerate our investment in mobile access and global expansion."
Clarizen recently introduced its native Android application to complement its existing iPhone app, providing users with real-time access to their tasks and projects from their mobile devices. In addition, the company introduced Clarizen Anywhere, a browser-application and Microsoft Outlook-based toolbar that provides users with immediate access to Clarizen without the need to login.
About Clarizen
Clarizen delivers project execution software that powers the modern real-time enterprise by making employees and companies work better, smarter and faster. Employees can more efficiently manage and complete the highest-value tasks on time and in budget. Companies have direct visibility into work being accomplished and can course correct and/or plan resources accordingly to maximize results and profits. Clarizen’s philosophy of ‘robust simplicity’ translates into products that model and enhance the way an enterprise works, while its ‘user-first’ design results in rapid adoption and acceptance across the enterprise.
Founded in 2006, Clarizen is privately held with offices in Hod Hasharon, Israel, and San Mateo, Calif. For more information, visit: http://www.clarizen.com.