Clarizen

{{notability|Companies|date=November 2016}}

{{Infobox company

| logo = Clarizen_2016_logo.png

| name = Clarizen, Inc.

| type = Privately held

| foundation = 2005

| founder =

| location = San Mateo, California

| industry = Software

| products = Project management software

| homepage = {{url|clarizen.com}}

}}

Clarizen, Inc. is a project management software and collaborative work management company.{{cite web | last=Kanaracus | first=Chris | title=Clarizen Going After Microsoft Project Users | website=ABC News | date=April 30, 2008 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=4755745 | accessdate=August 13, 2016}}

Clarizen uses a software as a service business model.{{cite web|url=https://www.forrester.com/report/Vendor%20Landscape%20Collaborative%20Work%20Management%20For%20The%20Enterprise/-/E-RES122299|title=Vendor Landscape: Collaborative Work Management For The Enterprise|publisher=|accessdate=13 August 2016}} Clarizen's features include attaching CAD drawings to a project, moving between the project view and design view and an E-mail reporting feature.{{cite web

| url = http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/product/productDetail.jsp?id=526921

| date = June 30, 2008

| title = On-Demand Project Management

| work = management.cadalyst.com

| accessdate = 2008-08-31

}}{{cite news

| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS125558+30-Jun-2008+BW20080630

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081208082846/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS125558+30-Jun-2008+BW20080630

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = December 8, 2008

| date = June 30, 2008

| title = Clarizen Launches Vertical Markets Strategy with Open API in Version 2.1

| work = Clarizen press release via reuters.com

| accessdate = 2008-08-31

}}{{third-party-inline|date=November 2016}}

In May 2014 Clarizen raised $35 million in venture capital investment led by Goldman Sachs. The round brought investment to $90 million.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/techflash/2014/05/clarizen-35-million-goldman-sachs-san-mateo.html|title=Clarizen raises $35 million in Goldman Sachs led round - San Francisco Business Times|website=San Francisco Business Times|access-date=2016-06-30}} Previous investors, including Benchmark Capital, Carmel Ventures, DAG Ventures, Opus Capital and Vintage Investment Partners participated.{{Cite web |author= Juan Carlos Perez |url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/2465500/clarizen-improves-charts-ui-in-social-project-management-product.html |title = Clarizen improves charts, UI in social project management product |date = August 14, 2014 |work= PC World |access-date= March 18, 2017 }}

In April 2020, Clarizen appointed Matt Zilli as its new CEO, replacing Boaz Chalamish who is appointed as Executive Chairman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2020/04/07/clarizen-gets-new-ceo/|title=Clarizen gets new CEO -|last=Brooks|first=Steve|date=2020-04-07|website=Enterprise Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-07}}

In January 2021 Clarizen was acquired by Planview.{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Kara |title=Austin's Planview acquires two software companies |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/01/14/austins-planview-acquires-two-management-software-companies/4153104001/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Clarizen Has Agreed to be Acquired by Planview {{!}} William Blair |url=https://www.williamblair.com/News/Clarizen-and-Planview |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.williamblair.com |language=en}}