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 1 other location
New York, US (HQ)
568 Broadway
London, GB
11 Greek St
San Francisco, US
363 Clementina St
Foursquare Metrics
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Founding Date | 2009 |
Total Funding | $166.5 m |
Latest funding size | $45 m |
Time since last funding | over 1 year |
Investors | Union Square Ventures, DFJ Growth, SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, Kevin Rose, Morgan Stanley, Spark Capital, CrunchFund, Chris Dixon, Silver Lake Partners, Rick Webb, Joshua Schachter, Smallcap World Fund, Alex Rainert, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures |
Foursquare's latest funding round in January 2016 was reported to be $45 m. In total, Foursquare has raised $166.5 m
