what3words
Company

Last deal

$9.02M
Local Amount - GBP 6.97M

Amount

Convertible Note

Stage

11.07.2023

Date

3

all rounds

$77.91M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
What3words is a mapping technology startup that simplifies location communication.

Industry

Sector :

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Also Known As

W3W, What3Words Limited

founded date

01.07.2013

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Convertible Note

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's web and mobile-based geocoding system can be integrated into any app, platform, or website, with just a few lines of code, and is being used by over 650 businesses, government organizations, and NGOs in over 170 countries to operate more efficiently, paving the way for social and economic progress in developing nations.
Contacts

location

Contact Email

Phone number

Social url

Legal Names

Legal name

what3words Ltd.
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Financials

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Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 11.07.2023. Their latest investor Crowdcube. Their latest round Convertible Note

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
11.07.2023
1
$9.02M
Local Amount - GBP 6.97M
13.07.2022
$5.93M
Local Amount - GBP 5M
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1
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Co-Investors
Investors
36
9

Number of lead investors

36

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
No
Convertible Note, Equity Crowdfunding
No
Undisclosed
No
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People

Founders
4
Mohan Ganesalingam
Mohan Ganesalingam

Mohan Ganesalingam

Obtaining the top first in the Mathematics Tripos (the ‘Senior Wrangler’) in 2001, Mohan indulged his passion for languages and completed an MA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic where he won a university prize for the best results in the Cambridge English Faculty. He went on to do a PhD on “The Language of Mathematics”, winning the Europe-wide E. W. Beth Prize for outstanding dissertations in the fields of Logic, Language, and Information. On the basis of this work, he was selected as a Research Fellow at Trinity, where he spent six years studying language and cognition. Mohan co-designed the what3words system and wrote the subsequent what3words AutoSuggest algorithm. When not working on what3words, Mohan enjoys volunteering with a variety of children’s projects around Cambridgeshire.

current job

what3words
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1

Mohan Ganesalingam

Chris Sheldrick
Chris Sheldrick

Chris Sheldrick

Chris worked in the music business for 10 years, booking bands and managing production for events around the globe. He was constantly frustrated with suppliers not finding site entrances, and bands not finding their way from the hotel to their gigs. Chris tried distributing addresses and GPS coordinates for years but both failed him on numerous occasions. He was certain there was a better way: what3words was born.

current job

The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum

count Of Investments

1

Chris Sheldrick

Michael Dent
Michael Dent

Michael Dent

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PropertyData
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Michael Dent

Jack Waley-Cohen
Jack Waley-Cohen

Jack Waley-Cohen

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what3words
what3words

organization founded

2

Jack Waley-Cohen

Employee Profiles
42
Katie Bend

Katie Bend

Senior Marketing Manager

Sasha Budzynski

Sasha Budzynski

Chief Financial Officer

Firas Marafie

Firas Marafie

Senior Partnerships Lead | Middle East | UK

Thomas Whitaker

Strategic partnerships

Ashley Marie Cashion

Ashley Marie Cashion

Vice President, USA

Leon Yarnie

Search manager

Dami Ige

Talent acquisition manager

Ben Miller

Advisor

Activity

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