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Foursquare

Foursquare is a technology platform that specializes in location intelligence that can be utilized to unlock insights for business solutions and consumer products, through a deep understanding of location.

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foursquare.com
Is a
Company
Company
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Location-based service
Location-based service
Web development
Web development
Android
Android
iOS
iOS
Web design
Web design
‌
Enterprise
Social networking service
Social networking service
Geospatial intelligence
Geospatial intelligence
...
Location
San Francisco
San Francisco
Seattle
Seattle
New York City
New York City
New York
New York
Chicago
Chicago
London
London
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Singapore
Singapore
B2X
B2B
B2B
0
B2C
B2C
CEO
Gary Little
Gary Little
Jeffrey Glueck
Jeffrey Glueck
Founder
Naveen Selvadurai
Naveen Selvadurai
Dennis Crowley
Dennis Crowley
AngelList URL
angel.co/foursquare
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../43128-46
Legal Name
Foursquare Labs, Inc.
Subsidiary
Placed
Placed
Swarm (app)
Swarm (app)
Factual
Factual
Legal classification
Corporation
Corporation
0
Number of Employees (Ranges)
501 – 1,000
Email Address
support@foursquare.com
Number of Employees
592
Full Address
50 West 23rd Street, 8th Fl, New York, NY 10010, US0
CIK Number
1,470,908
Place of Incorporation
Delaware
Delaware
Investors
O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV)
O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV)
Raine Ventures
Raine Ventures
Microsoft
Microsoft
DFJ Growth
DFJ Growth
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
C4 Ventures
C4 Ventures
Silver Lake
Silver Lake
CrunchFund
CrunchFund
...
Founded Date
2009
Total Funding Amount (USD)
581,350,000
Latest Funding Round Date
May 31, 2019
Competitors
Mall IQ
Mall IQ
YouAppi
YouAppi
Yieldmo
Yieldmo
0
Adcash
Adcash
Xenio Systems
Xenio Systems
Business Model
Commerce
Advertising
Former CEO
David Shim
David Shim
Jeffrey Glueck
Jeffrey Glueck
Latest Funding Type
‌
Series G round
Wellfound ID
foursquare
Country
United States
United States
Headquarters
New York City
New York City

Other attributes

Blog
engineering.foursquare.com
Company Operating Status
Active
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
150,000,000
Official Name
Foursquare Labs, Inc.
Public/Private
Private0
Wikidata ID
Q51709
About

Foursquare is a New York City-based company that was founded in 2009 by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai. The Foursquare technology platform and various other products are designed to utilize the location of users for targeted advertising and consumer purposes. In addition to its New York headquarters, the company has offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, London,and Singapore.

The Foursquare Platform

The Foursquare platform utilizes an understanding of location intelligence to yield customer insights to businesses, enabling them to understand and connect to targeted audiences, measure foot traffic, and track advertising campaigns. The Foursquare developer toolkit includes:

  • Foursquare Analytics
  • Placed powered by Foursquare
  • Pinpoint audiences
  • Pilgrim SDK
  • Places API.

Companies that use Foursquare's technology include:

Snapchat, airbnb, Twitter, Spotify, Yum!, AWS, Uber, Tencent, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Snowflake, and Twitter.

Applications

Foursquare features four mobile applications, all of which are available for Android and iOS except Marsbot (IOS only)

Foursquare applications

Application
Function

City Guide

The app allows for users to enter their location and what they are looking for in the city, such as restaurants or shopping. The app will show places that meet the users criteria in the form of a ranking. Users can also see where the establishments are on a map and get directions.

Marsbot Audio for Airpods (OIS only)

This audio app can be used like an audio tour for walking and biking through a US city. Features content from Foursquare, local content providers, and crowdsourced recorded audio snippets from fellow Marsbot users.

Panel

A reward and sweepstake app where users can take surveys, earn points, and redeem prizes.

Swarm

An app that can be utilized to 'check-in' at locations so that users can show others where they are located. Users can earn badgers and mayorships depending on where they go. It is intended to be used as 'lifelogging' and users can take a picture as a memory of the time they visited a place.

Timeline

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Funding Rounds

Products

Acquisitions

SBIR/STTR Awards

Patents

Further Resources

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date

Foursquare merges with Factual

Jordan Crook, Anthony Ha

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/06/foursquare-merges-with-factual/

Web

April 6, 2020

Online Marketing Strategy: FOURSQUARE

https://youtu.be/61WA1NRA9T4

Web

Ten Years On, Foursquare Is Now Checking In to You

James D. Walsh

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/ten-years-on-foursquare-is-now-checking-in-to-you.html

Web

August 27, 2019

What Is Foursquare & How Does It Work?

Gina Poirier

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/foursquare-work-28728.html

Web

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