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Foursquare Acquires Geospatial Analytics Platform Unfolded

20May By AnkitaNo Comments

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Foursquare Acquires Geospatial Analytics Platform Unfolded

NEW YORK, 5/20/2021-- Foursquare announced the acquisition of Unfolded a next-generation platform for geospatial analytics. With the addition of Unfolded’s capabilities to the Foursquare technology stack, enterprises and brands can soon come to Foursquare to not only access its industry-leading location data, but work with that data in an integrated platform for merging, enriching, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data - in whatever environment they choose. “Welcoming Unfolded to the team makes the Foursquare platform more powerful, robust, and accessible to our clients and partners,” said Gary Little, President and CEO of Foursquare. “This acquisition accelerates us toward our ambitious goal of bringing Foursquare Everywhere, and enabling businesses to unlock the true potential of lo...

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