Work Here?
About Foursquare
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Series G
Total Funding
$435.4M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2019
Overview
Foursquare operates a cloud-based location technology platform that helps businesses attract and engage customers by using location data from consumers. Its products include Foursquare Ads for location-based targeting and enterprise tools for analytics, customer engagement, and market insights. It differentiates itself by combining a large privacy-conscious data set with an integrated discovery, engagement, and analytics platform, and by emphasizing ethical data use. Its goal is to help businesses grow by connecting with customers through precise, privacy-respecting location data.
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Raised $3.8M in April 2025 funding per SEC filing for development.
- Acquired Placed from Snap with $150M funding, adding David Shims as president.
- Launched Pinpoint ad solution after partnerships with Twitter, Pinterest, Microsoft.
What critics are saying
- Google Maps API erodes enterprise share with free tools in 6-12 months.
- Snapchat rebuilds Placed tech, fragments ad revenue in 12-18 months.
- Meta Llama 3.1 synthetic data obsoletes Places dataset in 6-12 months.
What makes Foursquare unique
- Foursquare Places dataset curates 120M POIs from 14B check-ins across 200 countries.
- FSQ Spatial Product Family unifies data, compute, and visualization since Q4 2024.
- Proprietary Places Engine powers Pro and Premium tiers with 2.4M monthly updates.
Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?
Funding
Total Funding
$435.4M
Above
Industry Average
Funded Over
8 Rounds
Andreessen Horowitz
SV AngelBenefits
Learning and development programs from individual contributors to managers
Individual, professional coaching for all full-time employees
Flexible time off - rest and recharge when you need it!
Comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
401(k) with company match
Home office setup: you get all necessary hardware and internet reimbursement
Family planning programs via Carrot and Maven
Employee Resource Groups to help you stay connected
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 0%1 year growth
↓ -1%2 year growth
↓ -3%When Foursquare introduced the Foursquare Geospatial Intelligence Platform in Q4 2024, its vision was ambitious yet singular: create a unified platform that would democratize access to geospatial intelligence through integrated data, compute, and visualization capabilities.
Foursquare, the location technology platform, has raised $3.8M in funding according to a recent SEC filing.
Foursquare raised $150 million and acquired location platform Placed from Snap. Placed will now be known as Placed Powered by Foursquare, with founder David Shims joining Foursquare's executive board as president. The acquisition and funding will support Foursquare's R&D and expansion plans, focusing on developer tools, analytics, audiences, attribution, and consumers. The Raine Group led the funding round.
Foursquare announced that Foursquare 3.0 - the latest version of its app (for Android and iPhone) will be available tonight.
Foursquare has already partnered with Twitter, Pinterest, Microsoft, and Garmin on Places.
There are no jobs for Foursquare right now.
Find jobs on Simplify and start your career today
About Foursquare
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Series G
Total Funding
$435.4M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2019
There are no jobs for Foursquare right now.
Find jobs on Simplify and start your career today