{{short description|American software vendor}} {{Infobox company | logo = AvePoint_logo.svg | name = AvePoint, Inc. | type = Public | traded_as = {{NASDAQ|AVPT}} | founded = {{start date and age|2001}} | founder = {{ubl|Xunkai (Kai) Gong|Tianyi (TJ) Jiang}} | location = Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | key_people = {{ubl|Xunkai (Kai) Gong (executive chairman)|Tianyi (TJ) Jiang (CEO)}} | revenue = {{Increase}} $419.5 Million (2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/avepoint-announces-fourth-quarter-full-210500356.html?guccounter=1|title=2025 Full-Year Earnings Report}}</ref> | num_employees = ~2,800 (2025) | industry = Computer software<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/16/the-no-1-risk-companies-see-in-gen-ai-usage-isnt-hallucinations.html |title=The biggest risk corporations see in gen AI usage isn't hallucinations |website=CNBC |date=16 May 2024 }}</ref> | products = {{ubl|AvePoint Confidence Platform}} | website = {{ubl|https://www.avepoint.com}} }}
'''AvePoint''' is a public company headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. It develops software products intended to add features or security to other major platforms, like Microsoft 365, Google, or Salesforce. AvePoint was founded in 2001 and went public on NASDAQ in 2020.
== History == The company was backed by investors Goldman Sachs and Summit Partners, which acquired minority stakes in AvePoint in 2014 and 2007, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|year=2014|title=Goldman Sachs to invest in AvePoint|url=http://fortune.com/2014/04/10/goldman-sachs-to-invest-in-avepoint/|accessdate=10 October 2014|publisher=Fortune}}</ref>
In January, 2020 the company announced a $200 million Series C investment led by TPG Sixth Street Partners, with additional participation from prior investor Goldman Sachs and other unnamed investors. The round brought the total raised to $294 million to date.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AvePoint lands $200M investment to expand market for Microsoft cloud governance tools|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/08/avepoint-grabs-200m-series-c-for-microsoft-cloud-governance-tools/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=TechCrunch|date=8 January 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In November 2020, AvePoint reached a deal to go public through a merger with blank-check company Apex Technology Acquisition Corp.(APXT). The transaction valued AvePoint at $2 billion and kept AvePoint co-founders Tianyi Jiang and Kai Gong as CEO and Executive Chairman respectively.<ref name="Bloomberg.com">{{Cite news |date=2020-11-23 |title=AvePoint Strikes Deal to Go Public Via Apex Technology SPAC |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/avepoint-strikes-deal-to-go-public-via-apex-technology-spac |access-date=2020-11-24 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Companies listed on the Nasdaq Category:Software companies based in New Jersey Category:Software companies of the United States