Globant

Globant

Globant

Argentine IT company


Globant is an IT and software development company operating in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, Brazil, the United States, Canada, Peru, India, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, France, Germany, Romania, Belarus and Italy.[3] It was formed in 2003 by Martín Migoya, Guibert Englebienne, Martín Umaran and Néstor Nocetti.[4] It was founded in Buenos Aires, but is currently headquartered in Luxembourg,[5] and principally serves clients in the United States and United Kingdom.

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History

In 2003, Globant started operations with its own funded capital.[citation needed]

In 2008, the research company, IDC pointed Globant as one of the growing companies in Latin America in its study "Latin American Predictions 2008".[6] In the same year, Globant acquired Accendra, an Argentine[7] Software Company with 100 employees adding operations in Chile and Colombia. In December 2008, Globant closed its third financing round of US$13MM with Riverwood Capital and FTV Capital.[8] It also acquired Openware, an Argentine[9] company specialized in Security & Infrastructure Management.

In 2009, Globant received two teams from the Global Entrepreneurship lab from the MIT, to study the M&A strategy and the Globant University Project.[citation needed]

In 2011, Globant acquired San Francisco-based Nextive, company specialized in the development of mobile applications[10] and Globant's story with Google was showcased by Bloomberg.[11]

In 2012, Globant acquired Brazil-based TerraForum, company specialized in Innovation and Knowledge Management Consulting, Digital Marketing & Social Media and Software Development.[12]

In 2013, WPP acquired minority stake in Globant.[13] Globant also acquired 86.25% of Huddle Group, a software company with operations in United States, Argentina and Chile.[14]

In 2014, The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.[15] The same year, Globant announced that they will make a Google Play-like dedicated hardware store for Project Ara.[citation needed]

In 2015, Globant acquired Clarice Technologies in May 2015 and expanded its presence in Asia.[16]

In 2017, Globant acquired PointSource,[17] a design and development tech agency specialized in providing digital transformation services across retail, supply chain and insurance industries.[18] Globant acquired another company, Ratio, a leading digital services company specialized on video streaming services.[19]

In 2018, Globant acquired Small Footprint.

In 2019, Globant acquired Avanxo, a leading cloud transformation[20] company with presence in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Argentina.[21] In August of the same year, Certified Collectibles Group, a collectibles company in Sarasota, Florida, filed a lawsuit in federal court against Globant. The lawsuit is seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages caused by Globant's alleged misconduct in regards to the creation of a new operating system for the collectibles company.[22]In the same year, Globant acquired Belatrix Software, a leading agile product development company, to reinforce its presence in Latin America.[23][24]

In January 2020, Globant acquires BiLive (Argentina). Later in the year, Globant acquired grupoAssa (Argentina), [25]Xappia, Giant Monkey Robot "GMR" and BlueCap (Spain) companies.

In March 2021, Globant acquired CloudShift (United Kingdom)[26] in May, it acquired Habitant, a European consulting firm.[27] Later, in July it acquired the Spanish firm Walmeric, in October, it opened its development center in the city of San Jose, Costa Rica.

In May 2023, Globant acquired Pentalog, a digital transformation services company. The acquisition was a move to expand its footprint in France.[28]

Recognition

In 2005, Globant was named Endeavor Entrepreneur 2005[29] was recognized as the Best Services Exporter by Export.ar.[30] The Sloan School of Management of the MIT wrote a case about Globant called: "Leading the IT Revolution in Latin America".[31][32]

In 2007, Globant was recognized as the Top Emerging Global Services Provider, by Global Services Magazine.[33]

In 2008, Globant's team of Globers reached the 1000 professionals. The New York Times included Globant in an article about Argentinian software startups.[34]

In 2010. Globant was awarded with the AlwaysON 250 award for creating technology innovations for the Global Silicon Valley, in the Cloud and Infrastructure Category.[35] It was also named Cool Vendor by Gartner, in the Cool Vendors in Business Process Services 2010 report by Gartner, Inc.[36]

In 2014, FastCompany featured Globant as one of the world's top 10 most innovative companies in South America.[37]

Locations

In 2005, Globant opened its second Development GOV Center in Buenos Aires.

In 2006, Globant opened its development center in the city of Tandil, Argentina.

Globant opened offices[when?] in the city of La Plata, Argentina and expanded its operations in the US (Palo Alto). Globant founded Fonalix with BGH, a company that provides voice over internet protocol for small and medium business in Latin America.[citation needed] In 2012, Globant opened its development center in the city of Tucuman, Argentina.[citation needed]

Within India, Globant also has a Bengaluru, Pune, India office in addition to its operations throughout South America, North America and Europe.[citation needed]

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References

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  2. Globant (January 2006). "Globant´s History". Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  3. "Latin America Predictions 2008". IDC. January 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-20.[permanent dead link]
  4. "Globant acquires Accendra" (in Spanish). La Nación. January 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  5. "Globant Secures $13 Million Investment from FTVentures and Riverwood Capital". FTV Capital. December 2009. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  6. "Globant Gets Openware for USD1.5MM". Business News America. December 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  7. "Globant Acquires Mobile And Social Applications Developer Nextive". Tech Crunch. 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  8. "IT Outsourcer Globant Sells Innovation, Wows Google, LinkedIn". Bloomberg. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  9. "Argentina's Globant Downloads $70M From WPP". DowJones. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  10. "Globant Prices its Initial Public Offering and Lists on the NYSE". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  11. Dutta, Vishal (2015-05-19). "Globant travels to India to acquire Clarice Technologies". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  12. Jones, Donovan (2019-08-15). "Globant Acquires Belatrix Software For LatAm IT Consulting". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  13. "Globant Acquires Grupo Assa". www.leadersleague.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  14. "Globant Acquires CloudShift". Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  15. Editor, Manshi Mamtora, CFA, SA News (2023-05-15). "Globant acquires Pentalog to expand footprint in France (NYSE:GLOB) | Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. "Endeavor Argentina" (in Spanish). Endeavor. January 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  17. "Este contenido no se encuentra disponible" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  18. MIT (January 2008). "Globant at the MIT". G-Lab, Sloan School of Management MIT. Archived from the original on March 26, 2010. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  19. "Consulting with Support of the MIT". La Nación. March 2006. Retrieved 2008-11-19.[permanent dead link]
  20. "Top 5 Emerging Services Provider --2007 Winner Globant". Global Services Magazine. February 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  21. SREEHARSHA, VINOD (2008-12-25). "Fiscal Chaos Aside, Start-Ups Bloom in Argentina". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  22. "Announcing the 2010 AlwaysOn Global 250". AlwaysON. 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  23. "Cool Vendor in Business Process Services, 2010". Gartner. 2010-03-31. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  24. "Form F-1". Retrieved 30 July 2014.

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