# Colin Zima

> Colin Zima is the Co-Founder and CEO of Omni, a San Francisco-based AI-powered business intelligence platform that reached a $1.5 billion valuation in April 2026 after raising $120 million in Series C funding. Previously Chief Analytics Officer and VP of Product at Looker (acquired by Google for $2.6B), Zima co-founded Omni in 2022 with fellow Looker veterans Jamie Davidson and Chris Merrick, building a governed semantic layer and self-service analytics platform that achieved profitability while growing ARR 4x year-over-year.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Omni
- **Organizations:** Omni, Looker, Google, HotelTonight, PrimaTable, UBS Investment Bank
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering (Cum Laude); Certificates in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Finance, and Information Management Systems, Princeton University, Secondary Education, Saint Albans School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Omni to $1.5 billion valuation in under 4 years, Raised $236 million total across 6 funding rounds for Omni, Achieved profitability at Omni while maintaining 4x ARR year-over-year growth

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Graduated Princeton University cum laude with BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering
- **2006-2010** — Structured Credit Analyst at UBS Investment Bank
- **2010-2012** — Early career at Google, working on search quality
- **2012** — Co-founded PrimaTable with Jamie Davidson — last-minute reservation and demand-forecasting startup for restaurants
- **2012** — PrimaTable acquired by HotelTonight; joined HotelTonight as Data Scientist leading personalization and demand forecasting
- **~2013** — Joined Looker as an early employee; built and led high-touch customer support and analytics strategy
- **2013-2021** — Rose to Chief Analytics Officer and VP of Product at Looker over 8 years
- **2019** — Looker acquired by Google for $2.6 billion
- **2019-2022** — Continued at Google post-Looker acquisition, working on search quality and scaling AI Overviews
- **2022-02** — Co-founded Omni with Jamie Davidson and Chris Merrick (both ex-Looker)
- **2022-03** — Omni raised $9.4M seed round
- **2022** — Omni emerged from stealth
- **2023** — Omni recorded 300% increase in users in first year of general availability
- **2025-03** — Omni raised $69M Series B at $650M valuation, with 8x YoY growth in revenue and customer usage
- **2025-10** — Omni acquired Explo, a leading embedded analytics company
- **2026-01** — Omni achieved profitability
- **2026-04** — Omni raised $120M Series C at $1.5B valuation led by ICONIQ Growth

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Omni to $1.5 billion valuation in under 4 years
- Raised $236 million total across 6 funding rounds for Omni
- Achieved profitability at Omni while maintaining 4x ARR year-over-year growth
- Played key role at Looker, which was acquired by Google for $2.6 billion in 2019
- Built Looker's high-touch customer support model that delivered 99th percentile G2 ratings
- Co-founded PrimaTable in 2012, which was acquired by HotelTonight within the same year
- Visited 75 customers in person before Omni reached 100 employees
- Assembled a founding team with 150+ combined years of BI experience
- Omni achieved 8x year-over-year growth by its third birthday (March 2025)
- Led Omni's acquisition of embedded analytics company Explo in October 2025
- Graduated cum laude from Princeton University's prestigious engineering program

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Omni raised $120M Series C at $1.5B valuation led by ICONIQ Growth, including $30M employee tender offer
- **2026-01** — Omni achieved profitability while maintaining 4x ARR growth year-over-year
- **2025-10** — Omni acquired embedded analytics company Explo to expand its product suite
- **2025-03** — Omni closed $69M Series B at $650M valuation on its third birthday, reporting 8x YoY growth
- **2025-03** — Omni announced deep strategic integrations with dbt Labs and Fivetran

## Links

- Website: https://omni.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinzima/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/drinkzima

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Last updated: 2026-05-27