When was Brightidea founded?

Brightidea was founded in 1999.

Where is Brightidea located?

Brightidea is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Brightidea?

Maggie Li and Matthew Greeley s of Brightidea.

How many employees does Brightidea have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Brightidea is 62.

Where does Brightidea rank among its competitors?

Brightidea ranks 52nd amongst 1755 active competitors, of which 115 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Guidde, which secured $50M in Feb, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Brightidea?

Brightidea's top competitors include Domo, Squirro and Guru. Among them, Guidde secured the most recent funding round in February, 2026.

Brightidea - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Competitors

Brightidea is an unfunded company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 1999 by Maggie Li, Matthew Greeley and Vincent Carbone. It operates as a Developer of a platform for managing and tracking innovation initiatives. Brightidea has not raised any funding yet. The company has 1755 active competitors, including 115 funded and 68 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Domo, Squirro and Guru.

Company Details

Developer of a platform for managing and tracking innovation initiatives. The platform facilitates idea collection, sharing, routing, screening, and evaluation. It also supports experimentation, incubation, development, tracking, and reporting. The platform enables users to manage various activities, including crowdsourcing, hackathons, accelerators, and innovation labs.

Website: www.brightidea.com/
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Founded Year

1999

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Unfunded

Ranked

52^nd among 1755 active competitors

Employee Count

62 as on Sep 30, 2026

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Brightidea is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
BRIGHT IDEA ENTERPRISES, INC. CIN: 610708530 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	3 (As on Dec 31, 2016)	-

Brightidea has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of Brightidea are Maggie Li, Matthew Greeley and Vincent Carbone.

Here are the details of Brightidea's key team members:

Maggie Li: Chief of Staff to the CEO-Founder of Brightidea and founder of 1 other company.
Matthew Greeley: Co-founder & CEO of Brightidea.
Vincent Carbone: Founder of Brightidea.

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Brightidea's employee count trend

Brightidea has 62 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Brightidea's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Brightidea include Domo, Squirro and Guru. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Brightidea, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Domo 2010, American Fork (United States), Public	Provider of an AI and data products platform for businesses	$730M	BlackRock, IVP & 37 others	71/100
2nd	Squirro 2012, Zurich (Switzerland), Series B	Developer of generative AI platforms for enterprise data management tasks	$15.5M	FormulaVC, Salesforce Ventures & 13 others	68/100
3rd	Guru 2013, Philadelphia (United States), Series C	AI platform for knowledge work, empowering teams with trusted information	$68M	FirstMark, Emergence Capital & 8 others	66/100
4th	Guidde 2020, Belmont (United States), Series B	Cloud-based platform for knowledge management	$80.6M	Qualcomm Ventures, Norwest & 10 others	63/100
5th	Bluescape 2012, San Carlos (United States), Unfunded	Visual collaborative workspace for teams	-	-	61/100
6th	Bloomfire 2010, Austin (United States), Series C	Developer of a platform providing AI-powered knowledge management and search	$32.8M	Austin Ventures, Redpoint Ventures & 4 others	60/100
7th	Stravito 2017, Stockholm (Sweden), Series A	Cloud based knowledge management and predictive analytics solutions	$23.8M	Creades, Endeit Capital & 2 others	58/100
8th	ProcedureFlow 2015, Saint John (Canada), Series B	Cloud based platform for knowledge management	$13.6M	Canadian Business Growth Fund, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation ... & 5 others	54/100
9th	Northern Light 1996, Boston (United States), Late Stage	Provider of a platform for competitive and market intelligence management	$23M	LoneTree Capital	54/100
10th	Happeo 2016, Helsinki (Finland), Series B	Enterprise social networking platform	$48.7M	Evli Growth Partners, Endeit Capital & 7 others	54/100
52nd	Brightidea 1999, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded	Developer of a platform for managing and tracking innovation initiatives	-	-	39/100