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UrbanFootprint provides a data platform that turns spatial, climate, and community-resilience data into actionable insights for urban planning and risk management. Its platform, called Resilient Decision Intelligence, helps government agencies, utility companies, planners, and developers assess risks, understand markets, and plan more efficiently. Users access the software through a subscription model that delivers dashboards, analyses, and scenario tools, with possible consulting support to tailor insights for implementation. What sets UrbanFootprint apart is its explicit focus on resilience and equity, combining a wide range of data with ongoing updates to support decision-making for sustainable, inclusive communities. The company's goal is to help decision-makers design cities that are safer, more efficient, and fairer for residents.
About UrbanFootprint
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consulting
Government & Public Sector
Enterprise Software
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$43M
Headquarters
Berkeley, California
Founded
2015
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What believers are saying
- UrbanFootprint Parcel Data moved onto LightBox SmartFabric in October 2025.
- LightBox says UrbanFootprint reaches nearly 30,000 customers across CRE, finance, and government.
- UrbanFootprint’s website stayed active through July 29, 2026, showing continued product demand.
What critics are saying
- June 2025 acquisition ends standalone control; LightBox can deprioritize UrbanFootprint after integration.
- LightBox can absorb the brand and product by 2027, erasing UrbanFootprint’s identity.
- California contract losses previously triggered layoffs; another renewal miss cuts revenue again.
What makes UrbanFootprint unique
- June 24, 2025 acquisition folded UrbanFootprint into LightBox’s national location-intelligence workflow.
- UrbanFootprint’s parcel, climate, hazard, and equity layers create unusually broad data coverage.
- Its scenario modeling serves infrastructure, lending, and government decisions, not generic mapping.
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Funding
Total Funding
$43M
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Industry Average
Funded Over
3 Rounds
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Benefits
Health Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Remote Work Options
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Hybrid Work Options
Wellness Program
Mental Health Support
Flexible Work Hours
Conference Attendance Budget
Professional Development Budget
Company News
LightBox has acquired UrbanFootprint to enhance its location intelligence platform with advanced climate, infrastructure, and demographic data. This acquisition will integrate UrbanFootprint's geospatial analytics and scenario-based modeling capabilities, aiding decision-making in commercial real estate, finance, and infrastructure. The move aligns with LightBox's vision to provide comprehensive, real-time intelligence across various sectors.
IRVINE, Calif., June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - LightBox, the trusted platform powering location intelligence for the commercial real estate (CRE), lending, and infrastructure industries, today announced the acquisition of UrbanFootprint, a pioneer in geospatial analytics and scenario-based modeling for infrastructure investment, climate risk, and community resilience.
To that end, UrbanFootprint recently launched its new General Analysis project type available within Analyst today.
Assured Guaranty is expanding its efforts to provide environmental, social and governance data in the public finance space, partnering with UrbanFootprint, an urban data intelligence provider, with a new tool designed to assess risks.
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dcode Capital, the affiliated investment arm of Washington D.C.-based federally-focused accelerator Dcode, announced it has invested in two high-growth, commercially successful technology companies with the potential to transform the U.S. government: UrbanFootprint, the world’s first Urban Intelligence platform, and Tamr, the leading cloud-native data mastering solution. In failing to adopt commercial technology, the federal government wastes billions of dollars and
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About UrbanFootprint
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consulting
Government & Public Sector
Enterprise Software
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$43M
Headquarters
Berkeley, California
Founded
2015
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