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FullContact Inc.
IndustrySoftware
FoundedDenver, Colorado (2010)
FounderBart Lorang
Travis Todd
Dan Lynn
HeadquartersDenver, Colorado, U.S.
Key people
Chris Harrison(CEO)
Websitefullcontact.com

FullContact Inc. is a privately held technology company that provides a suite of cloud-based software products for businesses, developers, and brands. Their main focus is Identity Resolution.

FullContact Inc. is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, U.S.,[1] and Kochi (India).[2][3]

History

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FullContact was founded in 2010 by Bart Lorang, Travis Todd, and Dan Lynn and went through the Techstars Boulder accelerator in 2011.[4][5][6] Over the history of the company, it has raised approximately $50 million in venture-capital financing.[7] In 2015 Bart Lorang confirmed in an interview that FullContact indexed over 1.5 billion people.[8]

  • In July 2012, FullContact announced a "Paid Paid Vacation" policy.[9][10][11][12] As part of the policy, employees are awarded US$7,500 annually to use on vacation with the only stipulations being that the employee take a vacation, disconnect from technology, and not work while on vacation.[12]
  • In 2014, FullContact acquired a Latvian startup company which developed Cobook.[8][13][14]
  • In 2016, FullContact acquired an Indian startup company Profoundis Labs Pvt Ltd.[15]
  • In 2017, FullContact acquired Mattermark, an aggregator of data about startups and other companies.[16]
  • In February 2018, FullContact acquired Contacts+, a mobile contact management application.[17]
  • In August 2020, Bart Lorang appointed Chris Harrison to succeed him as CEO.[18]

The company has been criticized for linking users' mobile advertising IDs with their personal data,[19] but the company disputes that it offers this service.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "About the FullContact Team". FullContact. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "FullContact expands to India with acquisition of email intelligence startup Profoundis". TechCrunch. August 23, 2016.
  3. ^ "FullContact Announces Acquisition of Contacts+". FullContact. February 8, 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Techstars Alumni Companies". Techstars. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "It's TechStars Boulder Demo Day – Here are the 12 startups". The Next Web. August 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "TechStars Demo Days: 12 companies present to investors at fifth annual event". Boulder Daily Camera. August 4, 2011.
  7. ^ Sawers, Paul (10 August 2016). "Contact management platform FullContact raises $25M for growth through 'strategic acquisitions'". VentureBeat. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Interview with Bart Lorang of FullContact". WhoAPI Inc. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  9. ^ "On Our Radar: Employees Paid to Go on Vacation". The Wall Street Journal. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  10. ^ Dickey, Jack. "Save the American Vacation". Time. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Best Boss Ever Pays Employees to Go on Vacation". ABC News, Good Morning America. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  12. ^ a b Kanalley, Craig (12 July 2012). "FullContact Pays Its Employees $7,500 To Go On Vacation". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  13. ^ "FullContact buys rival contact management app Cobook for cash, stock". Tech.eu. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  14. ^ Duskic, Goran (2022-06-14). "Bart Lorang interview". WhoAPI blog. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  15. ^ Narasimhan, T. E. (23 August 2016). "US firm FullContact acquires Kochi-based start-up Profoundis". Business Standard India.
  16. ^ Katie Roof (21 December 2017). "Mattermark to shut down after selling to FullContact". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  17. ^ "FullContact Announces Acquisition of Contacts+". PRWeb. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  18. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2020/08/20/fullcontact-new-ceo.html. Retrieved 2020-08-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ Cox, Joseph (14 July 2021). "Inside the Industry That Unmasks People at Scale". Vice. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  20. ^ "FullContact FAQ's answer your most frequently asked questions". FullContact. Retrieved 2021-07-23.