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Appian

Low-code software development platform

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1001+ employees
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • Internal tools
  • No-Code
Tysons, VA

Company mission

To simplify what it takes to turn great ideas into powerful business applications that deliver significant value.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
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11% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Appian provides a way for companies to build their own software on the cloud, joining giants of the likes of Salesforce, ServiceNow, IBM and Oracle in the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) business.

The company differentiates itself by providing a low-code platform, where people with little or no coding experience could also build customised applications in a predominantly drag-and-drop interface.

Along with the tide of digital transformation, companies are increasingly looking for software solutions that are not available off the shelf from say Microsoft to manage their business cases. This has given rise to a $100 billion a year market that Appian hopes to capitalise on by making it easier for companies to create their own unique software applications.

Given the surge in popularity of Artificial Intelligence, Applian's platform has also been integrated with some of the major cloud cognitive and machine learning platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, whilst it recently partnered with DISYS to improve performance across critical business processes.

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Company values

  • Work to impact - we work thoughtfully to drive positive outcomes in everything that we do
  • People first - we are generous, inclusive, respectful, and are willing to help other
  • Lead with agility - we are flexible, adapt quickly to change, and are driven by innovation
  • Commit to collaboration - we succeed when we align on goals, and support each other in everything we do

Funding (2 rounds)

Feb 2014

$38m

SERIES B

Jul 2008

$10m

SERIES A

Total funding: $48m

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Leadership

Previously Director of Enterprise Product Group at business intelligence company MicroStrategy before co-founding Appian.

Michael Beckley

(CTO & Founder)

Started his career working in Product Management at MicroStrategy

Bob Kramer

(General Manager)

Previously worked as a consultant at MicroStrategy after graduating from University of Pennsylvania.

Marc Wilson

(Chief Partner Officer)

Previously worked as a consultant at Boston Pacific after graduating from Dartmouth College.

People progressing

Joined as Associate Consultant for application development, eventually promoted to Principal Consultant after 5 years, and promoted again to Technical Delivery Manager after 3 years.

Additional info

  • Raised £60M from IPO on 25 May 2017

Jobs (8)

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