Plandek the rapidly growing SaaS provider of Agile BI, has recently closed a $3.3m funding round led by Perscitus LLP and a group of experienced private investors and family offices. This comes a year after an initial fund raise of $2.7m in January 2018.
Plandek was co-founded in 2017 by Dan Lee (founder of Globrix) and Charlie Ponsonby (founder of Simplifydigital). It has struck a chord with its unique take on Agility metrics for software development teams, accessed in near real-time via the Plandek dashboard.
Most large enterprises now apply an Agile methodology to some or all of their software development. However, measuring the efficiency of Agile software development teams remains a contentious subject. Plandek is unique in providing a library of meaningful Agility metrics suitable for all levels within the technology organisation – from the teams themselves to the CIO.
Plandek is growing very rapidly and is already working with global organisations such as Reed Elsevier, Worldpay and News Corporation – as well as a growing portfolio of technology-led growth businesses such as Arcus Global and Secret Escapes in the UK.
Charlie Ponsonby, Co-CEO of Plandek welcomed another vote of confidence from investors saying: “Having refined our go-to-market strategy in 2018, we are delighted to have the investment required to accelerate our growth, focused on larger enterprise clients across the UK, Europe and North America”.
About Plandek
Plandek is an intelligent analytics and performance platform to help software delivery teams deliver valuable software, faster and more predictably.
Plandek enables technology teams to track and drive their improvement and share understandable KPIs with stakeholders interested in accelerating value creation/ improving delivery efficiency.
Plandek works by mining data from delivery teams’ toolsets (such as issue tracking, code repos and CI/CD tools) to provide actionable and intelligent insight across the end-to-end software delivery process.
Plandek is recognised as a top global vendor in the DevOps Value Stream Management space by Gartner and Forrester and is used by private and public organisations globally to optimise their technology delivery and accelerate R&D ROI.
For enquiries please contact Charlie Ponsonby: cponsonby@plandek.com
Written by
Charlie Ponsonby
Co-founder & CEO
Charlie Ponsonby is CEO and Co-founder of Plandek, the leading Developer Productivity Insight (DPI) platform that helps software engineering teams drive productivity and transition to AI-led engineering. He writes widely on the opportunities and challenges inherent in the transition to the agentic SDLC. Prior to founding Plandek, Charlie founded Simplydigital, which grew to become the UK's largest broadband and digital services comparison business before being acquired by Europe's largest consumer electronics retailer. He started his career at Accenture and has held senior leadership roles in retail and telco. Charlie holds a degree from the University of Cambridge.
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