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Acquired by Foursquare April 2020 · terms undisclosed — deal terms not officially disclosed; one secondary source cited $225M · source ↗
Factual was a Los Angeles-based data company that built and licensed a global database of business points-of-interest and geolocation information, used by apps like Apple Maps, Bing, and Yelp.
Investors · 9
How we know: a16z's portfolio · techcrunch.com · Not right? Tell us
How we know: DCVC (Data Collective)'s portfolio page · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Founder Collective's portfolio page · techcrunch.com · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Idealab's portfolio page · techcrunch.com · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Index Ventures's portfolio page · techcrunch.com · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Miramar Venture Partners's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Saints Capital's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountangel roundFeb 2010
Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Idealab, Index Ventures
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- What does Factual do?
- Factual was a Los Angeles-based data company that built and licensed a global database of business points-of-interest and geolocation information, used by apps like Apple Maps, Bing, and Yelp.
- Who are Factual's investors?
- Factual's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, DCVC (Data Collective), Founder Collective, Idealab, Index Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners, Saints Capital, Teamworthy Ventures and 1 more.
- Who acquired Factual?
- Factual was acquired by Foursquare.