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Overview
Location
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$2.5M
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 11
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| Jul 22, 2013 | Apple Acquires Locationary | According to reports, Apple acquired Locationary, a Toronto, Canada-based crowdsourced location data company. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Led by Grant Ritchie, CEO, and Dan Servos, Chief Operating Officer, Locationary focuses ... |
| Jul 19, 2013 | With Its Acquisition Of Locationary, Apple Zeros In On Maps, Big Data And Competing With Google | After breaking up with Google and forging its own way forward with its mapping service on iOS, Apple is now taking another step on that path: today it emerged that the company has bought Locationary, a Canada-based big data startup that has... |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Apple Pulls In Locationary To Boost Map Data | Apple, perhaps taking a cue from Google’s acquisition of crowdsourced geodata company Waze, has confirmed the acquisition of Canadian startup Locationary. Where Waze focuses on traffic data, Locationary targets local business listings, usin... |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Apple snaps up location data firm Locationary to improve Maps | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. While the complaints around Apple’s Map application have died down — after a rocky debut where results were hilariously inaccurate, and... |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Apple snaps up location data firm Locationary to improve Maps | While the complaints around Apple’s Map application have died down — after a rocky debut where results were hilariously inaccurate, and being one-upped by an official Google Maps iOS app — the company’s inexperience in the mapping field sti... |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Apple Acquires Toronto's Locationary for Apple Maps & More Categories Search | Multiple sources familiar with the deal told AllThingsD that Apple is acquiring Locationary's technology and team. While it's a given that Locationary's team will be able to boost Apple's Maps application, it should be noted that Locationar... |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 5 Big Map App Issues Apple Must Solve | Editor’s note: Grant Ritchie is the CEO and founder of Locationary, which created the Saturn management and exchange platform for local business profiles and POI data. Follow Locationary here. The Apple iPhone 5 has been quite a story for a... |
| Jul 28, 2011 | Locationary Secures $2.5M in Funding | Locationary, Inc., a Toronto, Canada- and Palo Alto, California-based provider of mobile & web solutions to manage local business places information, has secured $2.5m in funding. Investors include new backers the Investment Accelerator... |
| Jul 27, 2011 | Locationary raises $2.5M to improve local business data and management | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Locationary, an online and mobile service that lets you search “place” data, such as local businesses, announced Wednesday that it has ... |
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FAQ about Locationary
How much funding has Locationary raised?
Locationary has raised $2.5M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Locationary?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Locationary, among them “Apple Acquires Locationary” (Jul 22, 2013) and “With Its Acquisition Of Locationary, Apple Zeros In On Maps, Big Data And Competing With Google” (Jul 19, 2013).
Is Locationary still active?
Yes, Locationary is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 12, 2014.