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Databox is a business analytics and dashboard software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, with a product development office in Ptuj, Slovenia. The company's platform lets businesses connect data from third-party tools and visualize it through dashboards and automated reports.[1]
History
[edit]The company was founded in 2012 as Zeppelin by Davorin Gabrovec and Vlada Petrović,[2] before being renamed Databox.[3] The company took part in the 2012 Techstars Boston accelerator program.[1][3][4]
In November 2014, Forbes contributor Ben Kepes reviewed the launch of Databox's enterprise product, describing a platform with connectors to cloud services such as Salesforce, Xero, and Omniture as well as on-premise sources including Hadoop and various databases, while questioning whether the offering constituted a full analytics solution or primarily a visualization layer.[5]
By May 2015, Databox had disclosed $3.7 million in prior equity funding from investors including Founder Collective and Atlas Venture.[3] In September 2015, the company raised an additional $3.3 million seed round led by Founder Collective, with participation from Accomplice.[1][6][4] The company kept its product development team based in Ptuj, Slovenia, while operating its headquarters and go-to-market functions from Boston.[2][4] Early customers included Staples, Converse, Comcast, and CVS.[4]
The company later raised a Series A round.[7]
Products
[edit]Databox's core platform allows users to connect data from more than 100 software tools, databases, and spreadsheets, and to build dashboards, automated reports, and performance scorecards.[1] The platform includes tools for preparing and merging datasets, tracking metrics and key performance indicators, setting goals, and generating forecasts and benchmarks.[8]
In 2026, Databox introduced Genie, a conversational AI feature that lets users ask questions about their data in natural language.[8] The company also released Databox MCP, a server built on Anthropic's open Model Context Protocol that allows AI assistants such as Claude and tools including Cursor and n8n to query a user's Databox data directly.[9] Databox additionally operates a Skills Marketplace, through which users can add pre-built reporting and analysis templates ("skills") to Genie.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Databox Raises $3.3M Seed Round To Help Marketers Understand Key Metrics". TechCrunch. September 3, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- 1 2 "Prvi mož Databoxa za STA: Za Američane je celo Evropa premajhen trg". STA (in Slovenian). December 29, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Alspach, Kyle (May 29, 2015). "Boston Tech News: Databox Funding, Listen Current & Pearson". BostInno. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Rupar, Ana (March 17, 2017). "Pogled iz Bostona: Pri slovenskih podjetnikih najbolj pogrešam pogum". Siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- ↑ Kepes, Ben (November 18, 2014). "Databox Launches Enterprise Mobile Insight Solution. But Is It Analytics?". Forbes. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- ↑ "Ptujski Databox od ameriških investitorjev dobil 3,3 milijona dolarjev". Finance (in Slovenian). 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- ↑ "Databox Financials". CB Insights. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- 1 2 "About Us". Databox. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
- 1 2 "Databox MCP: Use Databox Directly from Your AI Tool". Databox. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
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