FullContact

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FullContact Inc.
Industry Software
Founded Denver, Colorado (2010)
FounderBart Lorang
Travis Todd
Dan Lynn
Headquarters Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Key people
Chris Harrison(CEO)
Website fullcontact.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

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]

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]

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