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Company knowledge is often siloed into things such as apps, documents and images, which is often difficult to find. has created a platform that enables companies to integrate all of their workplace knowledge-based apps together into one system.

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The company, based in New York and Barcelona, is a Knowledge Integration Platform helping companies unify, search, protect, automate and build on top of their proprietary knowledge, using machine learning and natural language, Kelly Griswold, Onna鈥檚 chief strategy officer, told 附近上门 News.

Onna announced a $27 million Series B investment on Wednesday led by , with participation from . Previous investors , and invested in this latest round as well. Since forming in 2016, the company has raised a total of $43 million, which includes an in June 2019, Griswold said.

As part of the investment, Atomico鈥檚 will join the board.

鈥淥nna is unique because it is cloud native and collaboration focused; it doesn鈥檛 matter if companies are integrating 20 applications or 200,鈥� Blume said in a written statement. 鈥淥nna is also an open API, making all the organized content within an organization accessible with a simple search and making Onna a platform to build upon.鈥�

In February 2019, that large companies used an average of 129 apps in 2018, an increase of 68 percent over the past four years.

鈥淭hat is creating a number of fragmentation challenges, and how companies are managing and controlling the information,鈥� Griswold said. 鈥淭o truly thrive, everything needs to work together. We are increasingly relying on digital tools to connect us, but right now, with the way the ecosystem is built, it is creating silos.鈥�

Onna pulls information from sources such as G Suite, , and , to power applications like compliance, governance, archiving, e-discovery, search and internal workflow apps, she said.

Following the Series A, Onna was focused on commercial growth, scaling development and go-to-market functions to address the demand, Griswold said. With this new funding, the company plans to grow its engineering, product and partnerships teams, as well as to further develop integrations and applications.

鈥淭he next wave of growth is building out third parties to build off of the platform,鈥� she added. 鈥淲hile we have impressive growth numbers鈥攁 real opportunity to make meaningful opportunities鈥攖hat is going to rely on partners connecting and building off of our platform.鈥�

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