Investment round · Enterprise software

Foursquare raises $150m to expand location technology

The Raine Group leads the May 2019 investment, supporting the acquisition of Placed and further research and expansion.

Foursquare raised $150 million in financing led by The Raine Group in May 2019. Part of the investment funded its acquisition of Placed, a location analytics business owned by Snap.

The company also allocated capital to research and expansion as it developed location data and advertising measurement services. The acquisition price was not disclosed.

Use of funds

Acquire Placed

Expand research and development

Grow operations

Funding history

Investment round · This round$150M

Sources

  1. Foursquare raises USD150m and acquires Placednews.crunchbase.com · May 31, 2019