Foursquare is a technology company that uses location intelligence to build meaningful consumer experiences and inform business decisions. For consumers, the Company has made two apps: Foursquare City Guide and Foursquare Swarm.
The Foursquare City Guide app helps to discover new places, with recommendations from a community the customer trusts. Foursquare provides advertisers ways to connect with audiences that love the things they offer, in the real world.
Checking in on Foursquare Swarm makes a game of life: one can score every day with real-world perks and bragging rights.
The Company's location intelligence technology helps brands to locate, message and measure their own consumers.
For developers and enterprises, Foursquare offers hosted technology and data to build context-smart, location-aware apps. Places by Foursquare technology powers location data for Apple, Uber, Twitter, Microsoft, Samsung and 100,000 other developers.
For developers and enterprises, Foursquare offers hosted technology and data to build context-smart, location-aware apps. Places by Foursquare technology powers location data for Apple, Uber, Twitter, Microsoft, Samsung and 100,000 other developers.
Company Growth (employees)
Foursquare was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, US
Key People at Foursquare
Jeff Glueck
CEO
Steven Rosenblatt
President
Dennis Crowley
Co-Founder / Executive Chairman
Foursquare Office Locations
Foursquare has offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Chicago and in 2 other locations
New York, US (HQ)
568 Broadway
London, GB
11 Greek St
San Francisco, US
363 Clementina St
Foursquare Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2009 |
Total Funding | $207.4 m |
Latest funding size | $45 m |
Time since last funding | over 1 year |
Investors | Spark Capital, Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft, DFJ Growth, Morgan Stanley, Union Square Ventures, Smallcap World Fund, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz |
Foursquare's latest funding round in January 2016 was reported to be $45 m. In total, Foursquare has raised $207.4 m
Foursquare Operating Metrics
Foursquare's Registered Users was reported to be 60 m in Aug, 2015. Foursquare's Monthly Active Users was reported to be 50 m in Aug, 2015
Market Position of Foursquare
Traffic Overview of Foursquare
Foursquare Online and Social Media Presence
Foursquare News and Updates
May 16, 2017
These are millennials' favorite fast food chains, according to Foursquare
Millennials can't get enough Tex-Mex, according to new data released by Foursquare.
The location intelligence company tracked its users' fast-food eating habits and put together a list of the most popular chains among millennials.
The company tracked user check-in data thro…
March 20, 2017
Foursquare is launching an analytics platform to help retailers understand foot traffic
While Foursquare started as a social check-in app, the company has always said that there is a bigger picture – mainly related to unique ways of leveraging its database of check ins at nearly 100 million public places.
There’s no better example than when Foursquare predicted that Chipotle same-stor…
March 14, 2017
Fasten creates an Uber-meets-Foursquare site, starting with Austinites at SXSW
What if Uber could not only help you get somewhere but suggest where you should go
And what if it wasn't Uber but another ride-hailing app that isn't riddled with controversy?
As of today, there is an option (for SXSW): Fasten released Tuesday a website called "Fasten Vouch." Instead of relying…
March 01, 2017
Foursquare offers every mobile app access to your whereabouts
Foursquare's transformation from fun consumer app into serious behind-the-scenes business is taking another step forward.
The location app is rolling out a new platform open to all mobile apps that will allow them get to the front of your smartphone, capturing your attention at the right time an…
March 01, 2017
Foursquare launches Pilgrim SDK to let developers leverage location
Context is everything. For a long while, the dream for developers and marketers has been to offer information at the exact right time and the exact right place. Achieving that, however, hasn’t been so simple. To answer the call, Foursquare is unveiling a new enterprise product called Pilgrim SDK. F…
March 01, 2017
Foursquare launches Pilgrim SDK to open up access to location intelligence in apps
To extend the reach of its location-centric technology, Foursquare has launched a software development kit (SDK) that lets third-party apps send messages targeted by where a person is in the world. The company is opening up access to Pilgrim, its software that both its namesake and check-in apps use…