Radius (software company)
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | SaaS |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, United States |
| Founder(s) | Darian Shirazi, Adrian Druzgalski, Noah Hayes |
| Industry | Enterprise software |
| Website | http://radius.com |
| Current status | Active |
Radius is a software company that provides a marketing platform for targeting small businesses.[1] The company tracks and collects information from hundreds of thousands of sources about more than 25 million small businesses in the United States.[2][3] The company has publicly stated it plans to build products that are directly competitive with Dun & Bradstreet.[4]
Company background
Founded in 2009, Radius started out as purely a data company focused on aggregating location data and in April 2012 launched publicly.[5]
Product
Employing Big Data technology that tracks insights for more than 27 millions US businesses, Radius helps modern marketers identify ideal small business customer segments, launch highly-targeted marketing campaigns and measure results in real time.
Funding
Radius is funded by American Express, BlueRun Ventures, and Formation 8. The company has publicly announced three rounds of funding: $6.75MM (Seed), $12.4MM (Series A),[6] and $13MM (Series B).[7]
On July 29, 2015, Radius announced a $50m investment (Series C) by Founders Fund, AME Cloud Ventures, Formation 8, and Salesforce Ventures.[8][9]
See also
References
- ↑ Brent Leary "Radius Intelligence: Interview with Founder, CEO Darian Shirazi", “Small Business Trends”, May 5, 2012.
- ↑ Victoria Barret "Radius: How Facebook's Youngest Hire is Tackling The Local Data Problem", “Forbes”, April 24, 2012.
- ↑ Kate Freeman "Social Media Savvy Small Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]’ ", “Mashable”, June 27, 2012.
- ↑ Cory Johnson "Radius CEO on Strategy", "Bloomberg"
- ↑ Kim-Mai Cutler "Fwix Becomes Radius, A Tool For Salespeople Targeting Local Businesses", "Techcrunch", April 24, 2012
- ↑ Humayun Khan "Radius Adds $12.4MM from American Express to Scale SMB Sales Intelligence Platform", "Betakit", January 23, 2013
- ↑ Yuliya Chernova "With Backing From Palantir Co-Founder, Radius Goes After Small-Business Info Goliath D&B", "The Wall Street Journal", January 9, 2014
- ↑ Business Insider (29 Jul 2015). "Facebook’s first intern just landed $50 million from Peter Thiel and other investors". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 29 Jul 2015.
- ↑ "Radius Closes $50MM Investment, Led By Founders Fund, To Meet Surging Demand for Predictive Platform".