LeanIX is a German software company, founded on January 10, 2012 by Jörg Beyer and André Christ in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

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. LeanIX is known for its

enterprise architecture Enterprise architecture (EA) is a business function concerned with the structures and behaviours of a business, especially business roles and processes that create and use business data. The international definition according to the Federation of ...

solutions. On November 8, 2023, it was announced LeanIX became part of

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History

In August 2012, LeanIX launched its first public version of the Enterprise Architecture Management software. In February 2015, Capnamic Ventures and

Iris Capital Iris Capital is a venture capital firm, specialized in the digital economy, primarily active in Europe. Since its creation, the Iris Capital team has invested more than a billion Euros in over 230 innovative companies. Iris Capital is sponsored ...

invested $2.5 million in a Series A financing round. LeanIX opened its first US office in

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, Massachusetts, on February 6, 2017, and in July 2017, LeanIX raised $7.5 million in a Series B financing round led by

Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (, ; often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a partially state-owned German telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn and the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue. It was formed in 199 ...

Capital Partners Management GmbH. On December 6, 2018 of the same year the company raised $30 million in a Series C financing round led by Insight Venture Partners. On July 8, 2020, LeanIX raised $80 million in a Series D funding round led by

Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many internationa ...

. On March 2, 2021, LeanIX acquired the US-based company Cleanshelf and expanded its product offering with SaaS management capabilities. On November 3, 2021, LeanIX launched a new Value Stream Management solution. On June 9, 2022, LeanIX expanded its partnership with

. On September 7, 2023 it was announced that

has entered into an agreement to acquire LeanIX. On November 8, 2023 it was announced LeanIX became part of

.{{Cite web , date=7 September 2023 , title=SAP buys software management company LeanIX , url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/sap-buys-software-management-company-leanix-2023-09-07/ , website=Reuters LeanIX is headquartered in Bonn, Germany, with additional offices in

(USA),

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(UK),

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(France),

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(Netherlands), and

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(Slovenia).

References

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