Maana

CEO: Babur Ozden

Maana develops the Maana Knowledge Platform, data search and discovery software whose forte is collecting data from numerous systems or "silos" and turning it into operational insight that can be used by line-of-business applications. The system is built on the Apache Spark processing engine.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, founded in 2012 and officially launched in May 2015, is well-positioned for collecting and analyzing large volumes of data generated by Internet of Things networks. In September the company debuted the Winter '17 edition of its product with "Knowledge Applications" for optimizing business processes like supply chain and call center management, and "Knowledge Assistants" for creating new analytical models.

In May 2016 the company raised $26 million in Series B financing, much of it from the company's oil and gas, and industrial customers including Shell, Chevron, Saudi Aramco, Intel and General Electric.