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Factual

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Factual is an open data platform for application developers that leverages large scale aggregation and community exchange. For example, you will find datasets for millions of U.S. and International local businesses and points of interest, as well as datasets on entertainment, education, and health. Developers can access the data through an API, use our mobile SDK, or download the data directly.

Factual was founded in 2007 by Gil Elbaz, co-founder of Applied Semantics (which launched ASI’s AdSense product). Applied Semantics was acquired by Google in 2003. Gil has had a lifelong passion for organizing and structuring information, and building smart tools which can make better sense of data. To that end, he set out to develop an open data platform and community in an effort to maximize data accuracy, transparency, and availability.

Milestones

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  Factual added Eva Ho as VP Business Operations.
  Posted 6/17/11 at 11:38am
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  Factual added Timothy Chklovski as founding engineer, Chief Scientist. (7/6/07)
  Posted 5/18/10 at 5:36am
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  Factual added Bill Michels as VP Platform. (11/12/09)
  Posted 11/12/09 at 2:53pm
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  Factual added Esther Dyson as Advisory board member.
  Posted 10/12/09 at 9:33pm
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  Factual added Gil Elbaz as CEO and founder.
  Posted 10/12/09 at 9:33pm
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  Factual received $25M in Series A funding. (12/9/10)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 8:55pm via dowjones.com
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  Factual received $1M in Seed funding. (3/1/10)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 2:23pm
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  Factual received $1M in Seed funding. (2/3/10)
  Posted 2/4/10 at 11:14am via techcrunch.com
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  Factual — Factual Inc. named to Lead411's New York City Hot 125 (8/31/10)
  Posted 10/14/10 at 2:18am via lead411.com

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Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 6/18/11

Above: US POI Table
Uploaded: 6/18/11

Sources

1. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. TechCrunch [edit]
3. Dow Jones VentureWire (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
4. New York City Hot 125 (lead411.com) [edit]