About us
We’re a company that takes diversity to heart and lives it each day. We put the ‘human’ first in everything we do, and we take pride in our authenticity and culture of inclusion.
Explorance
Explorance is a Journey Analytics provider that empowers organizations in making the right decisions with fact-based feedback data. Through its main offerings Blue and Metrics That Matter (MTM), Explorance is at the heart of the learning organization's continuous improvement strategy.
Founded in 2003, Explorance is headquartered in Montreal with business units in Chicago, Chennai, Melbourne, Amman, London, and Amsterdam. Since 2014, Explorance has been consecutively ranked as a top employer by the Great Places to Work Institute®. Explorance's clients include a wide variety of learning organizations from various segments including academia, enterprise, consulting, and government across the globe.
We work with
740 organizations
We operate in
7 locations
Customer satisfaction
96%
We serve customers in
45 countries
Customer support
24/7
Innovation
6 products
We are
230 employees
We operate in
7 locations
Best workplace ranking
4th
We speak
31 languages
We’ve saved
10, 000+ trees
We impact the lives of
12 million learners
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Our Journey
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2003
founded
Explorance was born. During this year we were
a team of 3 who did it all. -
2004
first offices
Our first office was two and a half rooms located at
1650 Maisonneuve.first customer
We landed our first Blue customer:
First Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky. -
![Graduates in hats and gowns]()
2008
focused on higher education
We fine-tuned our mission and shifted our focus to
the higher education market. -
![Image of Explorance building at 1470 peel street]()
2011
new Montreal offices
The official inauguration of Explorance’s new offices
was in June of 2011. Since then we have 8x more space. -
![Hands at a laptop accessing Blue course evaluations]()
2012
100 customers
Blue went global with 100 customers using the
software to power their evaluations. -
![Pine trees growing on a rock inside a lake]()
2013
no policy
Implemented our “Zero” policy
based on a culture of free-will.10 year anniversary
We celebrated our 10th year with our employees,
families, and customers.first bluenotes conference
Explorance supported the first Bluenotes Conference
that took place in Australia – a meet and greet event for Blue users. -
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2014
opened APAC offices
To increase our services in the APAC region we opened
an office in Melbourne Australia.10 million students
Our products have impacted the lives of
10 million students across the globe. -
![The explorance team at the 2016 holiday party]()
2016
Thoransoft
We acquired Thoransoft Inc., a developer of customized
business software applications.100 employees
We were 100 strong. 100 unique lovers of technology
and education. 100 Explorers from all corners of the world.Opened UK offices
To ensure local and timely support,
we opened an office in London, England. -
2018
Opened Netherland offices
To better serve our growing European market.
Acquired Metrics That Matter
To enhance our offering and support the overall learner’s journey
far beyond graduation.230 employees
From 100 to 230 in two years - our family of Explorers continues to grow.
Opened machine learning center of excellence
To push the boundaries of how we support our customers with innovation
that stays one step ahead of their needs. -
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2019
The future is happening now!
Community always comes first
We always strive to be the best company we can be for our people, our customers,
and the community. That’s why we take responsibility and try to be aware of the impact of our actions
– beyond the workplace.
We are fortunate to partner with higher education institutions, government organizations, and
corporations who share our concerns and values.
