Foursquare
- Total Funding$349.4 M
OverviewSuggest Edit
Foursquare Labs is a technology company that uses location intelligence to build consumer experiences and inform business decisions. It develops Foursquare City Guide, a mobile app that provides personalized recommendations of places to go, and Foursquare Swarm, an app that enables users to share their locations with friends and create a record of experiences in a personal lifelog. In addition, the company offers technology to help brands to locate, message, and measure consumers.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2009 | |
| HQ | New York, NY, US | Map |
| Website | foursquare.com | |
| Employee Ratings | ||
| Overall Culture | B | More |
Key People/Management at Foursquare
Gary Little
President and Chief Executive Officer
Marc Ellenbogen
Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer
Jim Watson
Senior Vice President, Client Solutions and Interim Chief Revenue Officer
Jonathan Bank
Senior Vice President, Business Operations
Sina Kashuk
Senior Vice President, Head of Unfolded
Michele Morelli
SVP, Marketing and Communications
Foursquare Office Locations
Foursquare has offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in 3 other locations
New York, NY, US (HQ)
50 W 23rd St #8th
Chicago, IL, US
225 W Ohio St
Los Angeles, CA, US
1999 Avenue of the Stars 4th floor
San Francisco, CA, US
425 Bush St #500, San Francisco
Seattle, WA, US
801 5th Ave 22nd floor
Singapore, SG
39a Duxton Rd
Foursquare Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2009 |
Foursquare total Funding | $349.4 m |
Foursquare latest funding size | $150 m |
Time since last funding | 3 years ago |
Foursquare investors | Union Square Ventures, DFJ Growth, Andreessen Horowitz, Morgan Stanley, Spark Capital, The Raine Group, Smallcap World Fund, Microsoft, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Naver Corporation, Simon Ventures |
Foursquare's latest funding round in May 2019 was reported to be $150 m. In total, Foursquare has raised $349.4 m
Foursquare Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Company Name | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Placed | May 30, 2019 |
Foursquare Cybersecurity Score
Foursquare Online and Social Media Presence
23.88k Twitter followers
Foursquare has 23.88k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.2% month over month and increased 0.3% quarter over quarter
Foursquare's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @foursquare
1.5k
Tweets
1.5k
Following
23.9k
Followers
20
Tweets last 30 days
5.4
Avg. likes per Tweet
95%
Tweets with engagement
Foursquare Company Culture
Overall Culture
B
74/100
CEO Rating
A+
82/100
Compensation
C+
71/100
Diversity
A-
85/100
Foursquare News and Updates
May 26, 2022
Foursquare founder banks funding for mystery 3D social network startup
The excitement around web3 and the metaverse have pulled plenty of entrepreneurs who defined the first generation of native mobile apps to begin questioning what’s next. Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley is on the co-founding team of a new startup called LivingCities, alongside Matt Miesnieks, who s…
March 09, 2022
How Foursquare helps enterprises drive positive results with geospatial technology
Foursquare's CEO Gary Little sheds light on how the company's technology solutions help enterprises achieve positive business outcomes.
May 20, 2021
Geospatial startup Unfolded.ai acquired by Foursquare
Well, that was fast. Just a few months after raising its seed round, Unfolded.ai announced today that it is being acquired by Foursquare. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The startup had raised a total of about $6 million when we last checked in with them. The company, founded by a group of ex-…
May 21, 2020
North Dakota’s COVID-19 app has been sending data to Foursquare and Google
A new report from Jumbo Privacy finds that a coronavirus contact-tracing app is sharing location data with Foursquare and an advertising ID with Google.
The official COVID-19 contact-tracing app for the state of North Dakota, designed to detect whether people have potentially been exposed to the cor…
April 06, 2020
Foursquare merges with Factual to create a location data powerhouse
Location intelligence company Foursquare Labs Inc. said today it’s merging with a data location provider called Factual Inc. The new company will have a combined revenue of about $150 million per year, but details of the transaction were not disclosed. Foursquare was founded back in 2009 and was or…
Foursquare Blogs
May 23, 2022
Hex Tiles: Building a new data tiling system with H3
Author: Isaac BrodskyAt Foursquare, our goal is to make industrial-grade geospatial data and analysis accessible to a broad audience. This past February, we launched Hex Tiles, the newest addition to Foursquare’s Unfolded platform. Hex Tiles is a unique approach to geospatial data tiling, leveraging…
April 12, 2022
Highlights From Our Latest Hackathon
Here at Foursquare, we regularly host hackathons amongst our product and engineering teams to foster innovation, provide a change of pace, and cultivate diversity of thought, offering an opportunity to work with new people. People come together (optionally) in our physical locations in LA, NYC, Chic…
March 02, 2022
Oh, The Places We’ll Go: Consumer Trends to Expect in Q2
Now that warmer months are on the way, where will consumers spring to in Quarter 2? Over the last few years, the global pandemic has brought about many unforeseen shifts in our daily lives. By looking at data trends — particularly location data trends — we can form a deeper understanding of what con…
February 16, 2022
Introducing Hex Tiles: Our Next Gen Tiling System
We have something spatial to announce: Hex Tiles, a next-generation tiling system that gives data scientists the ability to easily unify diverse spatial datasets, conduct on-the-fly analytics, and quickly visualize and explore big data on a planetary scale. What’s more, this can all be done in a mat…
February 07, 2022
Data Privacy Day: A Q&A with Foursquare’s Global Data Protection Officer
Elizabeth Hein, Associate General Counsel, Global Data Protection Officer, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM — Check out the Q&A below to learn more about her thoughts on the privacy landscape.Tell us a bit about your background. What made you decide to focus on Privacy?I started my legal career as a global…
January 10, 2022
FSQ Faces: Nick Rabinowitz, Senior Staff Software Engineer — Unfolded
FSQ Faces: Nick Rabinowitz, Senior Staff Software Engineer — UnfoldedMeet Nick Rabinowitz, a one-time English major turned H3 enthusiast who serves as a senior staff software engineer at Foursquare. Check out our Q&A below to learn more about how Nick came to Foursquare, how his career has grown…
Foursquare Frequently Asked Questions
When was Foursquare founded?
Foursquare was founded in 2009.
Who are Foursquare key executives?
Foursquare's key executives are Gary Little, Marc Ellenbogen and Jim Watson.
How many employees does Foursquare have?
Foursquare has 630 employees.
Who are Foursquare competitors?
Competitors of Foursquare include inMarket, SafeGraph and CARTO.
Where is Foursquare headquarters?
Foursquare headquarters is located at 50 W 23rd St #8th, New York.
Where are Foursquare offices?
Foursquare has offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in 3 other locations.
How many offices does Foursquare have?
Foursquare has 7 offices.
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