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Certinia, until 2023 known as FinancialForce.com, Inc. is a software company headquartered in
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, that provides
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(ERP) software based on the
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. The ERP software includes
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, billing,
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,
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,
human resource management Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize e ...
, and
supply chain management In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) deals with a system of procurement (purchasing raw materials/components), operations management, logistics and marketing channels, through which raw materials can be developed into finished produc ...
applications.


History

CODA was a UK software company that was founded in 1979 and acquired by UNIT4 in 2008 for around 213 million euros. FinancialForce was established as a
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between
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and UNIT4 in September 2009, which incorporated the Coda 2go software that was originally launched in December 2008. As of March 2019, 40% of the
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are owned by Salesforce and 60% by UNIT4. ''
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'' estimated the value of the company at around 500 million euros, based on the 2019
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. In March 2015, the company received $110M in funding from
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and Salesforce Ventures. In January 2017, FinancialForce appointed former Salesforce and Heroku executive Tod Nielsen as CEO and President. On May 3, 2023, the company FinancialForce.com Inc. was renamed to Certinia. On July 26, 2023, an investment group led by private-equity firm Haveli Investments purchase Certinia for nearly $1 billion, including debt.


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