Factual
Company

Last deal

$42M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

05.09.2018

Date

3

all rounds

$104M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Factual is a location data company trusted by the world's most valuable brands and tech companies to grow their businesses intelligently.

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Factual.com

founded date

01.01.2008

founders

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Factual's location data platform provides access to trusted, accurate, and comprehensive data on places and people worldwide through web service APIs and customizable web applications. This enables product and engineering teams, marketers, and data analysts to build digital products, deliver impactful marketing, and transform their businesses. Factual's insights, targeting, measurement, and data enrichment products help customers build and execute digital advertising strategies, understand audiences, measure success, and support innovative business solutions.
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Factual, Inc.
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People

Founders
1
Gil Elbaz
Gil Elbaz

Gil Elbaz

Co-Executive Chairman at Foursquare. Founding Partner at TenOneTen Ventures.

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Employee Profiles
124

Joshua Robins

Technical product manager

Jeffrey Yang

Devops engineer

Zohaib Mohammad

Senior product manager, insights

Anna Yergat

Director of accounting

Tara Cancellieri

Senior demand executive, platform partnerships

Jackie Wald

Senior manager - strategic accounts, restaurants and travel

Kelly Gorrell

Account manager

Ulas Bardak

Ulas Bardak

VP of Engineering

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