When was KNIME founded?

KNIME was founded in 2008 and raised its 1st funding round 9 years after it was founded.

Where is KNIME located?

KNIME is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Who is the current CEO of KNIME?

Michael Berthold of KNIME. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does KNIME have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at KNIME is 244.

Is KNIME a funded company?

KNIME is a funded company, having raised a total of $51.5M across 4 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Grant (prize money) round, raised on Jan 12, 2017.

When was the latest funding round of KNIME?

KNIME's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Aug 06, 2024, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does KNIME rank among its competitors?

KNIME ranks 24th amongst 507 active competitors, of which 101 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Databricks, which secured $5B in Aug, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of KNIME?

KNIME's top competitors include Databricks, Altair and QlikTech. Among them, Databricks secured the most recent funding round in August, 2026.

KNIME - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

KNIME is a series B company based in Zurich (Switzerland), founded in 2008 by Michael Berthold. It operates as a Platform offering data science solutions. KNIME has raised $51.5M in funding from Invus. The company has 507 active competitors, including 101 funded and 42 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Databricks, Altair and QlikTech.

Company Details

Platform offering data science solutions. It is a data science platform to analyze and build forecasting models from the data. It enables businesses to capture hidden insights from data and create statistical models and visualizations without coding. It allows users to deploy, automate and mine the data. It handles structured and unstructured data and performs mining, cleansing, and predicting solutions.

Website: www.knime.com/
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Founded Year

2008

Location

Zurich, Switzerland

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$51.5M in 4 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Aug 06, 2024, $*****

Investors

Invus & 1 more

Ranked

24^th among 507 active competitors

Employee Count

244 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Databricks & 424 more

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KNIME is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
KNIME AG CIN: 910626 , Switzerland, Active	Apr 29, 2024	-	-	-
KNIME GmbH CIN: HRB715307 , Germany, Active	Oct 04, 2016	-	101 (As on Dec 31, 2021)

KNIME has raised a total funding of $51.5M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 12, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Aug 06, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. KNIME has 2 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of KNIME:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Aug 06, 2024	8213934	Series B	1946381	4254533	4772771	4008912
Dec 01, 2017	9865477	Grant (prize money)	1010094	3570209	9276226	Europa
Mar 17, 2017	9259239	Series A	4100498	1218627	Invus	1964839

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The founders of KNIME is Michael Berthold. Michael Berthold is the CEO of KNIME.

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

Michael Berthold: Founder & CEO of KNIME.

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KNIME's employee count trend

KNIME has 244 employees as of May 26. Here is KNIME's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of KNIME include Databricks, Altair and QlikTech. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of KNIME, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Databricks 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series L	Data and AI platform that unifies analytics	$25.2B	Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners & 118 others	83/100
2nd	Altair 1985, Troy (United States), Acquired	Provider of enterprise software for simulation, data analytics, AI, and HPC	$35.1M	General Atlantic, Shefa Capital & 3 others	77/100
3rd	QlikTech 1993, Radnor (United States), Acquired	Provider of data integration, data quality, and analytics solutions	$12.5M	Thoma Bravo, ADIA & 6 others	72/100
4th	C3 AI 2009, Redwood City (United States), Public	Cloud based AI application development platform	$454M	Breyer Capital, TPG & 13 others	71/100
5th	DataRobot 2012, Boston (United States), Series G	Provider of an agent workforce platform for enterprise artificial intelligence	$1.05B	New Enterprise Associates, Sapphire Ventures ... & 77 others	71/100
6th	Virtualitics 2016, Pasadena (United States), Series C	AI-driven platforms and applications for data analysis and optimization	$73.8M	northsoundpartners.com, The Venture Reality Fund ... & 7 others	70/100
7th	Mode 2013, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Data analytics platform with integrated R, SQL and Python	$79.8M	Foundation Capital, Goldcrest & 14 others	70/100
8th	Sisense 2004, New York City (United States), Series F	Provider of business intelligence and data analysis solutions	$276M	Insight Partners, DFJ Growth & 23 others	67/100
9th	Xebia 2001, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Funding Raised	Provider of IT consulting and digital transformation services	-	Tikehau Capital, Waterland & 2 others	65/100
10th	4Paradigm 2014, Beijing (China), Public	Provider of enterprise-level artificial intelligence solutions and machine learning platforms	$1.07B	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Hopu Investments ... & 40 others	65/100
24th	KNIME 2008, Zurich (Switzerland), Series B	Platform offering data science solutions	$51.5M	Invus, Europa	59/100