Endeca
{{Short description|American software company}}
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| name = Endeca Technologies Inc.
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| type = Private
| foundation = 1999
| location = Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
| key_people = Steve Papa{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/inno/stories/profiles/2017/11/13/endeca-founder-steve-papa-has-put-a-lot-of-into.html|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.bizjournals.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/05/endeca-steve-papa-infinio-storage.html|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.bizjournals.com}}
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| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = Information technology
Information access
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| parent = Oracle Corporation
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Endeca was a software company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that sold eCommerce search, customer experience management, enterprise search and business intelligence applications.
Endeca was founded in 1999 as Optigrab{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2001/01/15/daily12.html |title=Endeca lands more than $10M in funding rounds - Boston Business Journal}} . It was a privately held company, backed by venture capital investment from Bessemer, DN Capital founders Steve Schlenker and Nenad Marovac,{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=2018-01-25 |title=DN Capital raises $247 million fund for early-stage startups in Europe and the U.S. |url=https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/dn-capital-raises-247-million-fund-for-early-stage-startups-in-europe-and-the-u-s/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}} Ampersand,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=28822|title = Endeca Technologies (A) - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School}} GGV, In-Q-Tel, Intel, SAP and Venrock.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
On October 18, 2011, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Endeca for $1.075B.{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/Boston/businessupdates/2011/10/oracle-buys-endeca/tHRB2UzIBhbhkB5V5RhrFN/index.html |title=Oracle buys Endeca |work=Boston.com |date=2011-10-18 |accessdate=2011-10-18 |last=Farrell |first=Michael B.}}
Endeca's product provided faceted search in the context of electronic commerce{{cite web |url=http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=31307 |title=Who puts the 'e' in e-commerce |work=InternetRetailer.com |date=2009-07-30 |last=Briggs |first=Bill |accessdate=2011-10-18}} and online libraries.{{cite web |url=http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2006/10/toward-the-next-gen-catalog.html |title=Toward the Next Gen Catalog |work=ALA TechSource |date=2006-10-03 |accessdate=2011-10-18}} It was considered a leader in the enterprise search and information access market by industry analyst firms Gartner,{{cite web |url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/09/18/4377249.htm |title=Gartner Positions Endeca in Leaders Quadrant of 2009 Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant Report |work=TMCNet |date=2009-09-18 |accessdate=2011-10-18}} IDC,{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS104957+21-Sep-2009+BW20090921 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325070949/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS104957+21-Sep-2009+BW20090921 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-03-25 |title=Endeca Shortlisted as One of Top Search Vendors by Leading Market Research Firm (Press Release) |work=Reuters |date=2009-09-21 |accessdate=2011-10-18}} and Forrester Research{{cite web |url=http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/wave%26trade;_enterprise_search,_q2_2008/q/id/43719/t/2 |title=The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Search, Q2 2008 |work=Forrester Research |date=2008-05-28 |accessdate=2011-10-18}}