Clarizen

Clarizen is a United States-based enterprise software brand focused on project management, work management, and collaboration. Its products were delivered primarily through a software-as-a-service model, allowing organizations to manage projects, coordinate teams, track work, and share project information through a cloud-based platform. The company’s functionality included project views, design-oriented workflows, document and CAD-drawing attachments, transitions between project and design views, and email-based reporting. Clarizen operated in the broader market for project portfolio management and collaborative work management software. Its platform was intended to connect project planning with execution and reporting, making it relevant to organizations that needed structured oversight of complex or cross-functional work. The available reference material identifies the company as both a project management software provider and a collaborative work management company, but does not provide enough information to establish a complete product catalogue, customer list, headquarters location, founding history, or geographic market breakdown. The company attracted institutional venture investment as it expanded. In May 2014, Clarizen raised $35 million in a financing round led by Goldman Sachs. The round brought the company’s cumulative investment to $90 million, with earlier investors including Benchmark Capital, Carmel Ventures, DAG Ventures, Opus Capital, and Vintage Investment Partners participating. This financing represented a significant capital event in Clarizen’s independent growth period and supported its position in the competitive cloud-based work-management market. Clarizen changed leadership in April 2020, when Matt Zilli became chief executive officer, replacing Boaz Chalamish. Chalamish moved into the role of executive chairman. The following year, in January 2021, Clarizen was acquired by Planview. The acquisition placed Clarizen within Planview’s broader portfolio of work and portfolio management technologies. After the acquisition, Clarizen remained associated with enterprise work-management software, although the supplied reference material does not specify the extent to which its products, branding, or operations were integrated into Planview. Clarizen’s historical significance is therefore tied to the development of cloud-based project and collaborative work-management tools, its venture-backed expansion, its 2020 executive transition, and its eventual acquisition by Planview. Detailed information about its founding, product launch chronology, campaigns, customer sectors, and post-acquisition brand status is not established by the supplied sources.

Clarizen developed as a cloud software company serving organizations that needed project management and collaborative work-management capabilities. Its software-as-a-service model placed project information, planning functions, reporting, and collaboration tools in an online environment rather than requiring customers to deploy the system entirely on local infrastructure. The platform was described as supporting project workflows that could include engineering and design materials, including the attachment of CAD drawings. Users could move between a conventional project view and a design view, while email reporting supported the distribution of project information and status updates. The company operated within the expanding enterprise market for project management and project portfolio software. Its product concept connected the operational details of projects with broader collaboration and reporting requirements. This made the platform relevant to teams managing cross-functional initiatives, design-related work, and other projects requiring shared documentation and structured oversight. The available reference material does not identify Clarizen’s founding year, founders, original product release, headquarters, or detailed customer base, so those aspects cannot be reliably filled here. Clarizen pursued venture financing during its independent growth period. In May 2014, Goldman Sachs led a $35 million investment round. Earlier backers—including Benchmark Capital, Carmel Ventures, DAG Ventures, Opus Capital, and Vintage Investment Partners—also participated. The financing brought total investment reported in the reference material to $90 million. This capital supported Clarizen’s continued development and expansion in the competitive software-as-a-service market, although the source does not specify how the funds were allocated. A leadership transition occurred in April 2020. Matt Zilli was appointed chief executive officer, replacing Boaz Chalamish. Chalamish became executive chairman, preserving his involvement with the business while transferring day-to-day executive leadership to Zilli. No further executive chronology is established by the supplied sources. In January 2021, Planview acquired Clarizen. The transaction marked the end of Clarizen’s period as an independent venture-backed software company and aligned its technology with Planview’s broader work-management and portfolio-management business. The available material does not provide transaction terms, the purchase price, the post-acquisition product roadmap, or a definitive statement about whether Clarizen continues as a standalone commercial brand. Accordingly, Clarizen is documented here as a Planview-owned enterprise software brand with a historical focus on project and collaborative work management.

1. 2021Acquisition by Planview

   Planview acquired Clarizen and added the company to its portfolio of work and portfolio-management software businesses.

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2. 2020Chief executive transition

   Matt Zilli became chief executive officer, while former CEO Boaz Chalamish was appointed executive chairman.

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3. 2014Goldman Sachs-led financing

   Clarizen raised $35 million in venture financing led by Goldman Sachs, bringing reported cumulative investment to $90 million. Existing investors also participated.

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Enterprise cloud software for project management, collaborative work management, and coordination of complex work across project, design, and reporting workflows.

• Clarizen project management softwareProject management and collaborative work management

  Clarizen’s core software was delivered as a service and supported project planning, collaboration, reporting, and work coordination. Referenced capabilities included attaching CAD drawings to projects, moving between project and design views, and producing reports through email. The supplied material does not identify a formal product name or complete edition structure.

• 2021Acquisition by PlanviewM&A

  Clarizen was an established provider of project and collaborative work-management software operating in the enterprise software market.

  What changed. Planview acquired Clarizen.

  Aftermath. Clarizen became part of Planview’s software portfolio. Transaction terms and the detailed post-acquisition brand strategy are not provided in the source material.

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• 2014Capital financing to support independent expansionOther

  Clarizen sought additional venture capital while competing in the growing software-as-a-service project-management market.

  What changed. The company completed a $35 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from previous investors.

  Aftermath. The financing brought reported cumulative investment to $90 million. The supplied source does not specify subsequent spending or operating results.

  Venture financing raised. $90 million cumulative investment (May 2014)

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• 2021Planview acquires Clarizen

  Planview acquired Clarizen, bringing the project and collaborative work-management company into Planview’s software portfolio.

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• 2020Matt Zilli appointed chief executive officer

  Matt Zilli became Clarizen’s chief executive officer, replacing Boaz Chalamish, who moved to the position of executive chairman.

  Leadership change
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• 2014Clarizen raises $35 million in venture financing

  Clarizen raised $35 million in a financing round led by Goldman Sachs. The company stated that cumulative investment reached $90 million after the round, with several existing investors also participating.

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1. Clarizen
2. Clarizen official website