Gigaom is a technology company.
Gigaom has raised $23.0M across 5 funding rounds.
Key people at Gigaom.
Gigaom was founded in 2006 by Om Malik (Founder).
Gigaom has raised $23.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Key people at Gigaom.
Gigaom was founded in 2006 by Om Malik (Founder).
Gigaom has raised $23.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Gigaom's investors include Calibrate Ventures, Moment Ventures, The Perkins Fund, True Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Accel, Addition, Stuart Peterson, DST Global, First Round Capital, Founders Fund.
GigaOm is a practitioner-led analyst firm and media platform that provides hands-on, engineering-focused research, reports, and advisory services to help IT leaders, CIOs, CTOs, and tech decision-makers navigate enterprise technologies like cloud, AI, data analytics, security, and storage.[1][2][3][4] It empowers end-users and vendors with tools such as the Radar model for procurement decisions, emphasizing practical insights over hype to bridge strategy and implementation.[1][3] Unlike traditional analyst firms, GigaOm leverages analysts with real-world experience to deliver high-impact content, including benchmarks, key criteria reports, and decision briefs, serving enterprise business leaders modernizing their operations.[1][3][6]
GigaOm was founded in 2006 by Om Malik in San Francisco, California, evolving from his personal blog into a full-time technology media and analysis venture after he left Business 2.0.[2] Key early milestones included raising $4.5 million in 2008, acquiring blogs like jkOnTheRun and PaidContent, and securing further funding up to $6 million in 2011 at a $40 million valuation led by RELX.[2] The company faced challenges as advertising revenue declined due to social media growth, leading to a shutdown in March 2015 amid financial difficulties despite 6.4 million monthly readers; it was quickly acquired by Knowingly Corp. and relaunched in August 2015.[1][2] Post-relaunch, GigaOm pivoted from media to a practitioner-driven analyst firm, developing its technical Radar model that resonated with procurement needs; the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated growth, solidifying its focus on research platforms and partnerships like with Ingram Micro.[1][2] Ben Book was appointed CEO in June 2020.[2]
GigaOm rides the wave of accelerating enterprise tech adoption in AI, cloud-native infrastructure, data management, and security, where hype often clouds decision-making amid rapid innovation.[1][3][4] Its timing is ideal in a post-pandemic era of digital transformation, helping leaders cut through vendor noise with practical, benchmark-driven insights that align with modern procurement—focusing on deployment feasibility over buzzwords.[1][3] Market forces like Kubernetes, AIOps, object storage, and primary storage advancements favor GigaOm's expertise, as seen in recognitions like naming Infinidat a leader in 2024 storage reports.[4] It influences the ecosystem by democratizing technical wisdom, fostering informed strategies for businesses, enabling vendors to meet real needs, and promoting critical thinking via webinars and events.[3][5][6]
GigaOm is poised to expand its platform with deeper AI, edge computing, and sustainability-focused research, capitalizing on its $22.5 million revenue base and practitioner edge to outpace commoditized analysis.[4] Trends like multivendor complexity and zero-trust architectures will amplify demand for its Radar and benchmarking tools, potentially through more OEM partnerships and global events.[1][3] Its influence may evolve toward AI-augmented advisory, solidifying GigaOm as the go-to for technical wisdom in an era where execution trumps evangelism—empowering leaders to innovate at market speed, much like its post-2015 pivot turned adversity into dominance.[1][6]
Gigaom has raised $23.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $8.0M Series F in February 2014.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2014 | $8.0M Series F | Calibrate Ventures, Moment Ventures, The Perkins Fund, True Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vertex Ventures | |
| May 1, 2011 | $6.0M Series E | Moment Ventures, The Perkins Fund, True Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vertex Ventures | |
| Oct 1, 2010 | $3.0M Series D | Moment Ventures, The Perkins Fund, True Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vertex Ventures | |
| Oct 1, 2008 | $5.0M Series C | Moment Ventures, The Perkins Fund, True Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vertex Ventures | |
| Nov 1, 2007 | $1.0M Series B | Accel, Addition, Stuart Peterson, DST Global, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Greylock, IVP, Meritech Capital Partners, Rocketship.vc, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, The Perkins Fund, True Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Western Technology Investment, Mark Pincus |
