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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO, Collibra.\n\nFelix Van de Maele co-founded Collibra, which started in Belgium in 2008, and is its CEO. He was earlier a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Semantics Technology and Applications Research Laboratory, working on semantic data integration. EY named him its Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in New York in 2019.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fvdmaele/\n- X: https://x.com/fvdmaele\n\n## What Felix builds\n\n- [Collibra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/collibra.md), graded B, 64.7/100, in Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues. Collibra is a hosted data governance platform with a catalogue, business glossary, lineage and data quality. Agents use REST and GraphQL APIs, a bulk Import API, a hosted MCP server on each cloud instance and an open-source local one. Co-founder and CEO, Collibra, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Stijn Christiaens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stijn-christiaens/), Co-founder and Chief Data Citizen, Collibra\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Sofina](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sofina/)\n- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)\n- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)\n- [CapitalG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/capitalg/)\n- [Dawn Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dawn-capital/)\n- [Durable Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/durable-capital-partners/)\n- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)\n- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)\n- [Snowflake](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/snowflake/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Felix Van de Maele?\n\nFelix Van de Maele co-founded Collibra, which started in Belgium in 2008, and is its CEO. He was earlier a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Semantics Technology and Applications Research Laboratory, working on semantic data integration. EY named him its Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in New York in 2019.\n\n### What does Collibra make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Collibra from Collibra. Collibra is a hosted data governance platform with a catalogue, business glossary, lineage and data quality. Agents use REST and GraphQL APIs, a bulk Import API, a hosted MCP server on each cloud instance and an open-source local one.\n\n### Who has invested in Collibra?\n\nThe sources our research read name Sequoia Capital, Sofina, Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, CapitalG, Dawn Capital, Durable Capital Partners, ICONIQ, Index Ventures and Snowflake.\n\n### How are Felix's tools graded?\n\nCollibra is graded B, 64.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.collibra.com/company/leadership\n- https://www.collibra.com/company/who-we-are\n- https://www.collibra.com/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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