Owler - About the company
Owler is an acquired company based in San Mateo (United States), founded in 2011 by Jim Fowler, Rajan Madhavan and Tim Harsch. It operates as a Competitive intelligence reports on businesses. Owler has raised $30.9M in funding from Trinity Ventures and Norwest. The company has 1003 active competitors, including 126 funded and 63 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Crunchbase, Enigma and CB Insights.
Company Details
Owler (formerly InfoArmy) is a free mobile and online platform to track and research company information and interactive business news. Owler keeps you up to date by providing hand-curated, real-time updates about companies and competitors along with exclusive company insights from the Owler community. The company offers this data free of cost to users. The founding team from Jigsaw, which got acquired by Salesforce.com for $142M in 2010. Headquartered in the US with the market research team in Coimbatore, India
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Founded Year
2011
Location
San Mateo, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$30.9M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
20th among 1003 active competitors
Employee Count
183 as on Sep 30, 2026
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Exit Details
Acquired by Meltwater (Jun 18, 2021)
Legal entities associated with Owler
Owler is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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OWLER, INC. CIN: 4989994 , United States, Active | May 30, 2011 | - | 72 (As on Dec 31, 2020) | - |
OWLER INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72200TZ2011PTC017316 , India, Active | Aug 04, 2011 | ₹10 - ₹50 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 117 (As on Apr 01, 2025) |
Owler's acquisition details
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Owler's funding and investors
Owler has raised a total funding of $30.9M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 01, 2011. Owler has 3 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Mar 09, 2020 | 7958551 | Series B | 6980077 | 2314660 | 4745390 | 7821947 |
Aug 29, 2018 | 6932771 | Series B | 3407935 | 3228840 | 3212574 | |
Oct 23, 2012 | 2563091 | Series B | 9303830 | 5041345 | 3191398 |
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Owler's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Owler's key team members:
- Jim Fowler: Former Co-Founder of Owler and founder of 1 other company.
- Rajan Madhavan: Former Co-Founder of Owler and founder of 1 other company.
- Tim Harsch: Former Co-Founder of Owler.
- John Box: CEO of Owler.
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Owler's employee count trend
Owler has 183 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Owler's employee count trend over the years:
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Owler's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Owler include Crunchbase, Enigma and CB Insights. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Owler, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Crunchbase 2007, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of network access denial services based on content categorization | $100M | 75/100 | |
2nd |  Enigma 2011, New York City (United States), Series C | Provider of business data and intelligence for risk and growth management | $130M | 71/100 | |
3rd |  CB Insights 2009, New York City (United States), Series A | AI powered financial database platform focused on private companies | $10M | 69/100 | |
4th | PitchBook 2007, Seattle (United States), Acquired | Private equity and venture capital data platform | $15.6M | 69/100 | |
5th |  Harmonic 2018, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Provider of a startup discovery engine with AI-powered research tools | $30M | 67/100 | |
6th | Dealroom 2013, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series A | Provider of intelligence data regarding startup ecosystems and venture capital | $16.8M | 67/100 | |
7th | Cleantech 2002, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Powering cleantech innovation with market intelligence, advisory, advocacy, and events | $5.43M | 65/100 | |
8th | Provider of private company data and market intelligence for professionals | $17M | 65/100 | ||
9th | Provider of a suite of tools for comprehensive Investment Research & Tracking | $9.27M | 64/100 | ||
10th | F6S Network 2011, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Provider of platforms for startups to find investors, talent and other resources | $1.2M | 64/100 | |
20th |  Owler 2011, San Mateo (United States), Acquired | Competitive intelligence reports on businesses | $30.9M | 56/100 |
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Owler's Investments and acquisitions
Owler has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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