Wrike
Headquarters
San Jose, CAFounded
2006CEO / Founder
Thomas ScottEmployees
1001-5000Funding
AcquiredProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
7.9/10Website
wrike.com/
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About Wrike
Wrike is a cloud-based project management and collaborative work management platform founded in 2006 by Andrew Filev and headquartered in San Jose, California. The company provides software that enables teams to plan, track, and manage work across organizations of varying sizes, from small teams to large enterprises.
Wrike's core product includes task and project management, Gantt charts, time tracking, workflow automation, dashboards, and reporting tools. The platform supports use cases across marketing, creative, professional services, and IT teams. Wrike competes with platforms such as Asana, Monday.com, and Smartsheet in the work management software market.
Wrike was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2019 for approximately $2.25 billion. In 2021, Citrix sold Wrike to Vista Equity Partners in a deal valued at $2.25 billion. The company has grown to employ over 1,000 people globally and serves customers across more than 140 countries.
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Financials
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Products by Wrike
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Competitive Landscape
Who Wrike competes with, and how they differ.
monday.com runs a self-serve, product-led motion on a colorful Work OS interface aimed at SMB and mid-market teams, while Wrike sells top-down into enterprise PMOs with deeper resource management, budgeting, and approval workflows.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Asana is lighter-weight and task/goal-centric with strong product-led adoption in marketing and ops teams, whereas Wrike leans on Gantt-based project portfolio management and custom workflows favored by larger, process-heavy organizations.
Smartsheet's spreadsheet-grid interface appeals to ops and IT teams doing structured data and workflow automation, overlapping most directly with Wrike in enterprise work-management deals.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
ClickUp undercuts on price with an aggressive all-in-one feature bundle aimed at SMBs and prosumers, while Wrike competes on enterprise security, governance, and services rather than lowest cost per seat.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Adobe's Workfront targets enterprise marketing and creative operations bundled with the Adobe Experience/Creative Cloud stack, competing with Wrike specifically in marketing work-management deals.
3 products reviewed on TopReviewed
Microsoft Project and Planner win via bundling into Microsoft 365/Teams licensing rather than feature depth, competing with Wrike mostly on incumbency and switching cost rather than capability.
9 products reviewed on TopReviewedCompany Timeline
Key milestones in Wrike's history, with sources.
- Milestone
Thomas Scott appointed permanent CEO
Wrike named Thomas Scott, who had served as interim CEO since July 2023 and before that as CFO since March 2022, as permanent Chief Executive Officer and appointed him to the board.
wrike.com - Acquisition
Symphony Technology Group acquires Wrike; founder Filev steps down as CEO
Symphony Technology Group (STG) acquired full ownership of Wrike from Vista Equity Partners and Elliott Investment Management. Founder Andrew Filev transitioned from CEO to board advisor, and CFO Thomas Scott became interim CEO.
businesswire.com - Acquisition
Citrix taken private by Vista/Evergreen, merged into Cloud Software Group
Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital (an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management) completed a $16.5 billion take-private acquisition of Citrix Systems and combined it with TIBCO Software to form Cloud Software Group, bringing Wrike back under Vista/Elliott ownership less than two years after Citrix had acquired it.
vistaequitypartners.com - Acquisition
Citrix completes $2.25B acquisition of Wrike
Citrix Systems completed its acquisition of Wrike, folding the SaaS collaborative work-management platform into Citrix's digital workspace business.
businesswire.com - Acquisition
Citrix agrees to acquire Wrike from Vista for $2.25B
Citrix Systems entered a definitive agreement to acquire Wrike from Vista Equity Partners for $2.25 billion in cash, at the time Citrix's largest-ever acquisition.
businesswire.com - Acquisition
Vista Equity Partners takes majority stake at ~$800M valuation
Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Wrike, valuing the company at approximately $800 million according to the Wall Street Journal -- about an 8x ARR run-rate multiple at the time.
thetechee.com - Funding
Series B -- $15M led by Scale Venture Partners
Wrike raised a $15 million Series B round led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from DCM Ventures and returning investor Bain Capital Ventures.
siliconangle.com - Funding
Series A -- $10M led by Bain Capital Ventures
Wrike raised a $10 million Series A round led by Bain Capital Ventures, its first institutional funding after years of bootstrapping.
prweb.com - Founded
Andrew Filev founds Wrike
Andrew Filev founded Wrike in California in 2006, initially self-funding the work-management software company before seeking outside investment.
wrike.com
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