Overview
Collibra is a cloud-based data intelligence platform founded in 2008[4] that provides governance, quality, privacy and cataloging capabilities for enterprises[2]. The company maintains its North America headquarters at 28 Liberty Street in New York[7] and employs approximately 1,000 to 1,100 people globally[5]. Collibra serves more than 700 customers worldwide, including over 100 Fortune 500 companies, and works with 300+ service partners[6]. The platform positions itself as an "enterprise AI control plane" that enables organizations to trust, comply with and consume data safely[3]. Recent product developments include the launch of an AI Command Center in May 2026 for real-time oversight of agentic AI[11], and expanded integrations with major data platforms including Snowflake[10]. The company has also been recognized as Databricks' Governance Partner of the Year[10].
HQ location listed as New York, New York, USA; founded 2008; 1,100 employees. [2]
Collibra was founded in 2008 in Belgium. [4]
Collibra's North America headquarters is at 28 Liberty Street, Suite 4050, New York, NY 10005, alongside a global headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. [7]
Collibra launched its AI Command Center on May 6, 2026 to give enterprises real-time oversight and continuous control over agentic AI. [11]
Growth & traction
Collibra reports approximately 1,000 employees globally. [5]
Collibra says it serves more than 700 customers worldwide, including over 100 Fortune 500 companies, and works with 300+ service partners. [6]
Customers
Collibra cites TELUS as a customer that cut data search time from 5 hours to 50 minutes. [8]
Collibra announced on May 13, 2026 that Red Sea Global became the first organization in Saudi Arabia to implement Collibra for NDMO and PDPL compliance. [9]
Partnerships
Collibra was named Databricks' Governance Partner of the Year on June 16, 2026, and on June 2, 2026 announced an expanded integration with Snowflake to bring governed business context and semantics across the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. [10]
Funding & milestones
8 events found for Collibra · 2012–2022
VentureVenture / equity1 sourceApproximately €1M
Contemporaneous reporting describes an approximately €1m injection from Newion; earlier cumulative financing is separate.
InvestorsNewion InvestmentsSeries BVenture / equity1 source$23M
Reported amount $23,000,000
Dawn partner announcement explicitly describes a $23m Series B round with Index.
Series CVenture / equity1 source$50M
Reported amount $50,000,000
Company release announces a $50m Series C financing.
Series DVenture / equity1 source$58M
Reported amount $58,000,000
Company release announces a $58m Series D financing, distinct from prior capital.
Series EVenture / equity1 source$100M
Reported amount $100,000,000
Company release reports $100m in Series E financing. Its separate $233m figure is cumulative venture funding.
Series FVenture / equity2 sources$112.5M
Reported amount $112,500,000
Company release announces $112.5m of financing co-led by ICONIQ, Index and Durable Capital Partners.
Series GVenture / equity2 sources$250M
Reported amount $250,000,000
Dated company release identifies a $250m Series G round; the $5.25bn figure is valuation.
InvestorsBattery Ventures
CapitalG
ICONIQ Capital
Index VenturesSSofinaTGTiger Global ManagementSequoia Capital Global EquitiesDawn CapitalDurable Capital Partners
Strategic investmentVenture / equity1 sourceAmount not disclosed
Company announcement identifies a Snowflake Ventures investment without publishing a monetary amount.
InvestorsSVSnowflake Ventures
Recorded history so far. Original currencies are preserved; amounts in different currencies are not added together. Debt, grants, acquisitions and listings are separate event types. Undated events appear last.
Leadership & org chart
Felix Van de MaeleFounder, CEO
Pieter De LeenheerFounder
Stijn ChristiaensFounder
Adam WellsVice President, Commercial Success
Chandra PapudesuVice President Of Product Management
Chirag DhullChief Marketing Officer
Madalina TanasieChief Technology Officer
Mary Beth LabudaVice President, Growth Marketing
Reece GriffithsField CTO
Stijn (Stan) ChristiaensCo-founder & Chief Data Citizen
Toan DoVice President of Sales, Public Sector
Tom DonnellyArea Vice President, SalesP5 alumniwhere they went →In the news
- Remember when we used to struggle with...? 💭 That was the question we put to the room at the last Collibraverse, our evening for the Collibra community, hosted together with Collibra. Customers, Collibrians and Datashifters spent the evening trading ideas and answers. Here is what made it good: 🚀 Two Datashift deep dives: Collibra on Deasy, AI Command Center and Maestro, and Gen BI deep dive. 🚀 Customer stories from the field, shared by the people who do this work every day. 🚀 A look at the Collibra roadmap and the new
- A big one! Gorik Desmet is Collibra’s Partner Ranger of the Year. 🏆 The award recognizes a Collibra Ranger who has led the design and implementation of data and AI programs that deliver real business value. And there is no way to argue that for more than 6 years, Gorik has helped Datashift’s clients get that value out of Collibra. He’s the one who turns a data governance platform into something teams actually use. Congratulations, Gorik, and thank you for everything you do for our clients. 👏 #Collibra #DataGovernance
- Last week I had the honor of curating the content for the FinTech session during the Flanders Technology & Innovation Festival, organised by the amazing team at GLUON BXL. A special thanks to all the speakers Claire Munck (BeAngels), Stijn (Stan) Christiaens (Collibra), Aline Muylaert (Go Vocal), Michael V. (Monizze), Quentin Colmant (Qover), Muriel Bernard (BeCentral), Pepijn Mores (Prismos), Charles Van den Bogaert (iBanFirst), Louis Vanheurck de Tornaco (dups), minister Laurent Hublet (Government of the Brussels-Capital Region),
- Context zonder controle is een risico. Controle zonder context is stilstand. Met die twee zinnen vat Felix Van de Maele, CEO van Collibra, het debat over AI agents in grote ondernemingen perfect samen. Ik ben het er volledig mee eens. 👉 Context betekent: de agent heeft alle data, weet wat ze betekent, of ze actueel is en wat hij ermee mag doen. 👉 Controle betekent: je weet welke agent wat doet, met welke rechten, en je kan elke stap terugvinden. Wie maar één van de twee regelt, loopt vast. Gartner verwacht dat meer dan 40% van de
- Context zonder controle is een risico. Controle zonder context is stilstand. Met die twee zinnen vat Felix Van de Maele, CEO van Collibra, het debat over AI agents in grote ondernemingen perfect samen. Ik ben het er volledig mee eens. 👉 Context betekent: de agent heeft alle data, weet wat ze betekent, of ze actueel is en wat hij ermee mag doen. 👉 Controle betekent: je weet welke agent wat doet, met welke rechten, en je kan elke stap terugvinden. Wie maar één van de twee regelt, loopt vast. Gartner verwacht dat meer dan 40% van de
- 𝗔 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘂𝘀, 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗣𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 Last Saturday e-invoice.be co-sponsored the Hackathon on Automated Business Functions at Collibra in Brussels, organised by Seven Events and Stripe Community Brussels. One of the tracks was ours at heart: Accounting. Business owners and service providers spend hundreds of hours working through invoices, bank statements and
- I don’t see generative AI as something that makes what we learned about digital transformation obsolete. I see it as an unusually demanding test of it. The technology is still highly emergent, yet access to it has been democratised at a remarkable speed.” Via Stijn Viaene Collibra ☘️
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Open roles (10)
- Senior Customer Support EngineerOct 7, 2026
- Collibra Public Sector Senior Account Executive, Federal Civilian AgenciesOct 6, 2026
- Senior People Solutions AnalystOct 6, 2026
- Senior AI Engineer, Unstructured AIBrussels · Oct 4, 2026
- Senior Manager, Professional ServicesOct 3, 2026
- Technical Program Manager, Product and EngineeringBrussels · Oct 3, 2026
- AI Enablement ManagerBrussels · Oct 1, 2026
- Senior Account Executive ISep 21, 2026
- Senior Program Manager, Product and EngineeringBrussels · Sep 11, 2026
- Senior Product Security EngineerAug 25, 2026
Alumni 2 went on to found or lead
Johannes PeetersSolution Architect→CEO & Co-founder at VoxelSensors
Maarten MasscheleinDirector of RevOps→Co-Founder & CEO at Soda
Francois Van IngelgomInfrastructure Engineer→Owner at OKKO- Stijn ChristiaensCo-founder & CTO
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