<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
is	O
a	O
technology	O
company	O
that	O
develops	O
product	O
information	O
management	O
(	O
PIM	O
)	O
and	O
product	O
data	O
intelligence	O
software	O
to	O
improve	O
customer	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Nantes	O
,	O
France	O
and	O
has	O
offices	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Israel	O
and	O
Australia	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
400	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
founding	O
Akeneo	B-Application
,	O
Frédéric	O
de	O
Gombert	O
,	O
Benoit	O
Jacquemont	O
and	O
Nicolas	O
Dupont	O
had	O
worked	O
together	O
at	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
company	O
,	O
Smile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
began	O
developing	O
a	O
single	O
product	O
database	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Excel	B-Application
and	O
brought	O
Yoav	O
Kutner	O
onboard	O
in	O
founding	O
Akeneo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
under	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
license	O
3.0	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
of	O
Akeneo	B-Application
PIM	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
was	O
a	O
co-founder	O
and	O
partner	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
School	O
created	O
by	O
Smile	O
and	O
the	O
École	O
privée	O
des	O
sciences	O
informatiques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deloitte	O
Technology	O
Fast	O
500	O
named	O
Akeneo	B-Application
on	O
its	O
EMEA	O
list	O
for	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
expanded	O
into	O
Israel	O
after	O
acquiring	O
Sigmento	O
,	O
product	O
data	O
automation	O
startup	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
worked	O
to	O
merge	O
Sigmento	O
's	O
technology	O
with	O
Akeneo	B-Application
's	O
products	O
for	O
data	O
enrichment	O
automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2018	O
,	O
Akeneo	B-Application
had	O
partnered	O
with	O
Magento	B-Application
to	O
integrate	O
its	O
PIM	O
software	O
with	O
the	O
e-commerce	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
was	O
recognized	O
as	O
a	O
leader	O
in	O
product	O
information	O
management	O
applications	O
on	O
an	O
IDC	O
Marketscape	O
report	O
in	O
late	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Akeneo	B-Application
received	O
initial	O
funding	O
of	O
$2.3	O
million	O
led	O
by	O
Alven	O
Capital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
's	O
products	O
include	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
its	O
open-source	B-License
PIM	O
software	O
:	O
a	O
free	O
community	O
edition	O
(	O
CE	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
enterprise	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
edition	O
(	O
EE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
PIM	I-Application
open	B-License
source	I-License
software	O
is	O
built	O
under	O
license	O
OSL	O
3.0	O
and	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
additional	O
modules	O
for	O
onboarding	O
product	O
information	O
from	O
suppliers	O
,	O
the	O
Akeneo	B-Application
Onboarder	O
,	O
content	O
syndication	O
and	O
AI-based	O
curation	O
of	O
product	O
content	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akeneo	B-Application
PIM	I-Application
is	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
leader	O
quadrant	O
on	O
the	O
G2	O
PIM	O
vendor	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
