FullContact

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: linking users' mobile advertising IDs with their personal data.[1]

FullContact Inc. is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, U.S., 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 August 2020, Bart Lorang appointed Chris Harrison to succeed him as CEO.[8]

Ziff Davis purchased all of FullContact’s assets in the fourth quarter of 2024.[9]

Acquisitions

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FullContact acquired the Latvian startup company Cobook 2014.[10][11][12]

India-based Profoundis Labs Pvt Ltd. was acquired in 2016 along with start-up company Conspire, Inc.[13] A year later, in 2017, the company purchased Mattermark, an aggregator of data about startups and other companies.

In February 2018, FullContact acquired Contacts+, a mobile contact management application.  Contacts+ was sold to Benchmark Email in 2021.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Cox, Joseph. "Inside the Industry That Unmasks People at Scale". Vice. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  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. Archived from the original on 25 August 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. ^ 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)
  9. ^ "Ziff Davis Finalized Asset Acquisition Of FullContact In Q4 2024". www.mediapost.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  10. ^ "Interview with Bart Lorang of FullContact". WhoAPI Inc. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  11. ^ "FullContact buys rival contact management app Cobook for cash, stock". Tech.eu. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  12. ^ Duskic, Goran (2022-06-14). "Bart Lorang interview". WhoAPI blog. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  13. ^ "FullContact buys business networking startup Conspire to supercharge its address book". SiliconANGLE. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  14. ^ Team, Benchmark (2021-02-09). "Benchmark Email Announces Acquisition of Contacts+". Benchmark Email. Retrieved 2025-06-13.