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We help solve hard social and environmental problems with open data and open technology. We specialize in building tools that derive useful insights from complex data. To do that we bring some of the world's best engineers, machine learning experts, data scientists, and designers to every product.
Our data products analyze massive streaming datasets to help groups like NASA, UNICEF, and the Washington Post to analyze and respond to hurricanes, refugee crises, and elections.
Learn more about our team and projects at developmentseed.org.
HIRING
We are hiring cloud engineers.
Our data products analyze massive streaming datasets to help groups like NASA, UNICEF, and the Washington Post to analyze and respond to hurricanes, refugee crises, and elections.
Learn more about our team and projects at developmentseed.org.
HIRING
We are hiring cloud engineers.
Overview
Location
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2003
Mentions in press and media 7
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| Sep 21, 2012 | 6 data journalism startups you need to know about | The Knight News Foundation has announced the six winners in its latest Knight News Challenge, focused on data journalism projects. The six winners — who “make it easier to access and use information on local communities, air quality, elect... |
| Sep 21, 2012 | 6 data journalism startups you need to know about | The Knight News Foundation has announced the six winners in its latest Knight News Challenge, focused on data journalism projects. The six winners — who “make it easier to access and use information on local communities, air quality, electi... |
| Oct 26, 2011 | Developers: Your Google Maps API Free Riding Days Are Over | Months after warning developers it would happen, the Google Developer team announced tonight that the era of unlimited Google Maps usage for free is officially over. Developers whose apps load more than 25,000 basic maps or 2500 stylized ma... |
| Jul 16, 2010 | Mapping Earthquake Recovery Projects in Haiti | Haiti is still struggling to recover from the 7-point magnitude earthquake that struck on January 12th. The natural disaster disrupted everything there, including the systems that keep water clean, garbage away from homes and farm land, and... |
| Jul 20, 2009 | Drupal solutions provider Acquia closes $8M round B | Acquia, the commercial open-source software company that sells its own version of the popular Drupal content management system, has closed an $8M series B funding round led by North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. Dries Buytaert... |
| Jul 14, 2009 | Drupal Mavens Unveil Open Atrium: An Intranet in a Box | Proprietary intranet vendors, be scared. Be very scared. Today, Development Seed, the open source shop behind DrupalCon in DC and other endeavors, has released the public beta of Open Atrium. Open Atrium is a free and open source intranet b... |
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FAQ about Development Seed
When was Development Seed founded?
Development Seed was founded in 2003.
What has the press written about Development Seed?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Development Seed, among them “6 data journalism startups you need to know about” (Sep 21, 2012) and “6 data journalism startups you need to know about” (Sep 21, 2012).
Is Development Seed still active?
Yes, Development Seed is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 17, 2025.