Nubera

Nubera
Company typeFor-profit
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
FoundersChristophe Primault (CEO) and Manuel Jaffrin (COO)[1]
HeadquartersBarcelona, Spain
ParentGartner[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

Nubera is a Barcelona, Spain-based software review company[3][4][2] that was founded in 2010 by Christophe Primault and Manuel Jaffrin. The company was acquired by Gartner in 2015, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Gartner's.[5]

History

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Nubera was founded in 2010 in Barcelona, Spain by Christophe Primault (a marketing professional) and Manuel Jaffrin (a computer engineer).[3] Nubera published an app review website called GetApp,[1] focussing on apps for business usage.[3][6] The company was initially funded by Christophe and Manual,[7] and then received a $1.1M investment in 2011 from Nauta Capital, a Spanish-American investment firm.[8]

In October 2012, Nubera acquired Tarpipe, a company that specialized in integrating cloud apps.[9] In 2013, Nubera launched a business listing for mobile section for iOS and Android devices.[10][11] According to TechCrunch, "by 2013, the app listed 5,000+ apps from 20,000 vendors including Basecamp, Salesforce, Dropbox and Zoho, among many others".[12] The company launched a number of other apps and searching tools such as GetApp Lab, AppStorm, AppAppeal and Cloudwork (a cloud apps integration platform)[13] that were integrated in its online marketplace.[5]

On July 1, 2015, Nubera (GetApp) was acquired by the IT advisory company Gartner.[14] The sale price is undisclosed and Nubera became a subsidiary of Gartner as a result.[2][15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gartner acquires software app review channel Nubera". ConsultancyUK. 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Gartner Acquires Nubera eBusiness SL". Mergr.
  3. ^ a b c "GetApp.com aims to become the premier 'appstore' for business software". TechCrunch.
  4. ^ "One Way to Navigate the Business App Marketplace". Entrepreneur. 2 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Gartner acquires Barcelona-based Nubera (GetApp)". NovoBrief. July 2015.
  6. ^ "GetApp Provides Directory Of Business Apps". InformationWeek. 24 August 2010.
  7. ^ "GetApp's business solution was so good that Google copied it". Mixergy.
  8. ^ "GetApp.com raises $1.1 million for cloud-based business app store". TechCrunch.
  9. ^ "Nubera acquires Tarpipe and launches CloudWork, automating tasks across different cloud apps". The Next Web. 17 October 2012.
  10. ^ "GetApp's Web-based marketplace for business apps gets a mobile section covering iOS and Android". TNW. 25 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Marketplace features 1,200-plus mobile apps for SMBs". ZDNet.
  12. ^ "With Fijitsu's latest move, GetApp's cloud-based app platform just got interesting". TechCrunch. 11 April 2013.
  13. ^ "GetApp.com". Nauta Capital.
  14. ^ "Gartner, Inc. (IT) Acquires GetApp Provider Nubera". StreetInsider.
  15. ^ "Gartner Acquisitions". Gartner.