Accessible place data is critical for businesses, consumers, and application developers. Businesses want to be found by new customers, who need to know accurate locations, hours of operation, and other information about the places they want to visit. Application developers need affordable data without onerous legal restrictions or complicated deal terms.
Currently, the best place data is very restrictive, expensive, and controlled by a small handful of companies. Quality varies globally, with data concentrated in the biggest markets and poor coverage elsewhere. Even the highest-quality data isn't fresh enough: who hasn't searched online for a store to find it closed or with different hours?
Creating and maintaining a dataset like this is a very difficult problem. Restaurants open and close, a store changes hours, a doctor moves her practice across town, or a public building might close for temporary renovations.
We are developing a protocol that will incentivize the collection and maintenance of data for the places people care about worldwide. To solve this problem, we need to build a system where anyone can freely participate for appropriate incentives. The data must be open and accessible to anyone who wants to use it. And the system must be permanent, not tied to any specific company (including ours!)
Currently, the best place data is very restrictive, expensive, and controlled by a small handful of companies. Quality varies globally, with data concentrated in the biggest markets and poor coverage elsewhere. Even the highest-quality data isn't fresh enough: who hasn't searched online for a store to find it closed or with different hours?
Creating and maintaining a dataset like this is a very difficult problem. Restaurants open and close, a store changes hours, a doctor moves her practice across town, or a public building might close for temporary renovations.
We are developing a protocol that will incentivize the collection and maintenance of data for the places people care about worldwide. To solve this problem, we need to build a system where anyone can freely participate for appropriate incentives. The data must be open and accessible to anyone who wants to use it. And the system must be permanent, not tied to any specific company (including ours!)
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $1M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Wonder Ven... | wondervc.c... |
| - | Notation C... | notation.v... |
| 07.12.2021 | BOWERY CAP... | bowerycap.... |
| - | Studio VC | studio.vc |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.06.2018 | Seed | $1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.01.2021 | Snap acquires location data startup StreetCred | Snapchat’s parent company Snap has acquired StreetCred, a New York City startup building a platform for location data. Snap confirmed the news to TechCrunch and said the acquisition will result in four StreetCred team members — including co... |
| 24.06.2018 | Mapping Tech Startup StreetCred Raises $1M in Seed Funding | StreetCred, a New York City-based provider of a mapping tech platform for app developers, raised $1m in seed funding. Backers included Bowery Capital and Notation Capital. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operation... |
| 20.06.2018 | StreetCred is building a blockchain-based marketplace for location data | While applications like Google Maps and Yelp seem to provide an inexhaustible source of information about local restaurants, stores and other points of interest, they also can come up short — moments when you arrive somewhere only to discov... |