Dennis Crowley

Founder

Co-founder of Foursquare and previously created Dodgeball, a location-based social network acquired by Google in 2005. Graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School and earned a master's from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Served as Foursquare's CEO from 2009 to 2016, then became Executive Chairman.

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Companies

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Foursquare $379M
Private Founder

Foursquare is a location technology platform that provides geospatial data and intelligence to help businesses make smarter decisions and create engaging customer experiences. Originally launched as a check-in app at SXSW in 2009, the company evolved into the industry-leading platform for spatial analytics, powering location services for apps like Uber, Spotify, Apple Maps, and Airbnb.

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