Foursquare
American technology company
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| October 21 2024 | Foursquare announces the sunsetting of its app by December 15, 2024, with the web version to be discontinued in early 2025. |
| May 2024 | Foursquare laid off 105 employees, approximately 25% of its workforce. |
| May 2023 | Foursquare sunset the Rewards app, discontinuing the location-based points and gift card program. |
| May 2023 | Foursquare launched Foursquare Graph, a geospatial knowledge graph using graph technology and the H3 grid system. |
| February 2022 | Foursquare launched Hex Tiles, a tiling system for geospatial data analytics. |
| 2021 | Marsbot was sunset (discontinued) by Foursquare. |
| August 2021 | Foursquare relaunched Rewards (previously Panel App), allowing users to earn gift card points by enabling background location services. |
| May 20 2021 | Foursquare announced the acquisition of Unfolded, a geospatial data platform, which was renamed to Foursquare Studio. |
| November 5 2020 | David Shim stepped down as CEO, to be replaced by Gary Little, a member of the company's board. |
| October 2020 | Foursquare introduced an audio AR version of Marsbot for AirPods, providing location-specific guidance through bluetooth headphones. |
| April 2020 | Foursquare announced a merger with Factual Inc. in an all-stock deal. |
| December 6 2019 | Foursquare's Board of Directors appointed David Shim as Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board. |
| May 2019 | Foursquare acquired Placed from Snap Inc. |
| 2018 | Foursquare opened a new engineering office in Chicago. |
| October 2018 | Foursquare raised an additional $33 million in Series F funding, co-led by Simon Ventures and Naver, with continued support from Union Square Ventures. |
| 2017 | Foursquare expanded in the Asia-Pacific region, establishing partnerships with Tencent and Samsung, and opening a new office in Singapore. |
| March 2017 | Foursquare released the Movement software development kit, allowing developers to use its core Movement technology. |
| May 2016 | Foursquare launched Marsbot, a location-aware tool that sends context-based suggestions about nearby places to eat and drink via text, tailored to users' preferences. |
| February 2016 | Foursquare released Attribution, a tool for media performance measurement. |
| January 2016 | The company secured $45 million in Series E funding, led by Union Square Ventures and participated by Morgan Stanley, along with previous investors DFJ Growth, Andreessen Horowitz, and Spark Capital. |
| January 14 2016 | Co-founder Dennis Crowley stepped down as CEO, moving to an Executive Chairman position, with Jeff Glueck succeeding him as CEO. |
| April 2015 | Foursquare launched Pinpoint, offering location-based enterprise products for marketers and advertisers. |
| August 2014 | Foursquare released version 8.0, a completely redesigned service that shifted the company's focus from check-ins to local search and recommendations. |
| May 2014 | Foursquare launched Swarm, a companion app that separated social networking and location sharing features from the main Foursquare City Guide app. |
| December 19 2013 | Foursquare announced its Series D round of funding, raising $35 million, led by DFJ Growth. |
| 2011 | Foursquare launched its Pilgrim SDK, an innovative software development kit that provides contextual awareness to apps through advanced machine learning models combining multiple data sources like GPS, cell, WiFi, Bluetooth, accelerometer, and time-of-day information. |
| 2011 | Foursquare began developing Pilgrim SDK, a core technology for contextual awareness in their apps. |
| June 24 2011 | Foursquare raised $50 million in funding at a $600 million company valuation, marking a significant milestone in the company's financial growth. |
| 2010 | Foursquare opened its second office in San Francisco after reaching one million users. |
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