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Embedded analytics and data sharing platform for businesses to integrate customer-facing BI dashboards, supporting product teams and developers.
Explo has raised $14.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Explo.
Explo was founded in 2019 by Andrew Chen (Founder) and Gary Lin (Founder).
Explo has raised $14.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Based in San Francisco, California, Explo provides an embedded analytics and data sharing platform that enables businesses to build and integrate business intelligence dashboards directly into their websites, emails, and software products. Operating under a software-as-a-service subscription model, the company scaled to a workforce of 24 employees while developing infrastructure that supports AI-powered insights for product teams and developers. The firm secured $14.3 million in total venture capital financing, comprising a $2.3 million seed round and a $12 million Series A, with backing from institutional investors including Y Combinator and Amplo VC. Explo supplied its customer-facing analytics tools to technology clients such as Supermove and Spekit before being acquired by Omni in October 2025 to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. The enterprise was founded in 2019 by Gary Lin, Andrew Chen, Rohan Varma, and Carly Stanisic.
Key people at Explo.
Explo has raised $14.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $12.0M Series A in August 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2022 | $12M Series A | Craft Ventures | DFJ, General Catalyst, Anshu Sharma, Jonathan Bush, Amplo, Felicis Ventures | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2020 | $2M Seed | — | 8VC, AIX Ventures, Axiom Partners, Balderton Capital, Dreamers VC, Footprint Coalition, Independent, Inspired Capital, K9 Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Tribe Capital, Twelve Below, Village Global, Webb Investment Network, Worklife Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Andy Coravos, Baron Davis, Chris Hughes, Esther Dyson, Gwyneth Paltrow, JIM Pallotta, Kelvin Beachum JR., Mathilde Collin, Peter Sonsini, Trevor Mcfedries, YAN David Erlich, Amplo, Soma Capital, Y Combinator | Announced |
Explo was founded in 2019 by Andrew Chen (Founder) and Gary Lin (Founder).
Explo has raised $14.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Explo's investors include Craft Ventures, DFJ, General Catalyst, Anshu Sharma, Jonathan Bush, Amplo, Felicis Ventures, 8VC, AIX Ventures, Axiom Partners, Balderton Capital, Dreamers VC.
Explo is an embedded analytics and data sharing platform designed to enable product and engineering teams to build customer-facing, white-labeled dashboards and self-service reporting tools quickly and efficiently. Its core product allows companies to embed interactive analytics directly into their applications, providing end users with customizable dashboards, AI-powered report builders, and automated data sharing capabilities. Explo serves SaaS platforms, e-commerce sites, and enterprise software providers who need to deliver data insights to their customers without dedicating extensive engineering resources to build these features from scratch. The platform addresses the challenge of providing scalable, user-friendly analytics without burdening product, data, or customer success teams, thus accelerating time-to-value and enhancing user engagement with data[1][2][4].
Explo was founded by a team with deep expertise in data analytics and product development, emerging from the need to simplify the complex and resource-intensive process of building embedded analytics. While specific founding year and founders' names are not detailed in the search results, the company has evolved to focus on delivering scalable, easy-to-integrate analytics solutions that cater to both startups and Fortune 500 companies. Early traction came from its ability to offer a full suite of embedded analytics tools, including an AI report builder that allows users to generate insights conversationally, which has differentiated it in the market[1][4].
Explo rides the growing trend of embedded analytics and AI-driven data insights, which are becoming essential as companies seek to empower their users with real-time, actionable data within their existing workflows. The timing is critical as demand for self-service analytics and data democratization accelerates across industries. Market forces such as the proliferation of cloud data warehouses, the rise of AI in analytics, and the need for scalable, customizable data solutions favor platforms like Explo. By enabling companies to embed advanced analytics without heavy engineering investment, Explo influences the broader ecosystem by lowering barriers to data-driven decision-making and enhancing product value through integrated analytics[1][7][8].
Looking ahead, Explo is well-positioned to expand its AI capabilities and deepen integrations with diverse data sources, further simplifying analytics embedding and enhancing user autonomy in data exploration. Trends such as increased AI adoption, demand for personalized analytics experiences, and the growth of data sharing across organizational boundaries will shape its trajectory. Explo’s influence is likely to grow as it helps companies transform raw data into strategic assets embedded directly within their products, reinforcing its role as a key enabler in the embedded analytics space[1][2][6]. This evolution ties back to Explo’s mission of making data insights accessible and actionable for all users, directly within the applications they use daily.
