OpenDataSoft

Opendatasoft

Industry	Big Data
Founded	2011
Headquarters	Boston, MA and Paris, France
Key people	Jean-Marc Lazard, Franck Carassus, David Thoumas
Number of employees	50
Website	https://www.opendatasoft.com

Opendatasoft is a private software company specialized in transforming structured data into API and visualizations. Founded in 2011, OpendataSoft targets non-technical users who wish to share and visualize data related to various topics (government data, economy, health, education, culture, transport, energy and environment).

Opendatasoft allows restricted and open sharing ecosystems like open data portals.

History

Opendatasoft is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and Paris, France, with an office also in London, United Kingdom.

In 2014, the company joined the ODI start-up program to promote open data for public organizations. In November 2014, the Electronic Business Group nominated Opendatasoft in its top-ten most innovative French startups. In May 2016, the company was named an IDC Innovator in the IDC Innovators: Smart City Open Data Platforms, 2016 report.

Opendatasoft received an initial venture capital round of $1.7 million from Aurinvest in June 2015.

In September 2016, the company opened a North American headquarter in Boston, USA.

In October 2016, Opendatasoft raised $5.4 Million in Series A funding. Backers included Aster Capital, Salesforce Ventures et Aurinvest.

In 2017 Opendatasoft launched Open Data America, to release data portals for more than 500 cities across the United States.

Following its early deals in the area of open data, Opendatasoft has widened its scope in recent years to support clients who are looking to tackle issues such as private data sharing, data sharing for smart city and IoT projects, and data monetization. Today, Opendatasoft is trusted by over 250 clients across the world, in Europe (France, Belgium, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal), North America, Australia, and the Middle East.

Opendatasoft's data sharing solution

Opendatasoft provides a cloud-based software for cities, public organizations and companies to host and share their data. Data type includes temporal data, cartographic data (tiles, shapes, clustering), graphs and real-time data (M2M logs).

These data can be made publicly available to citizens, commuters, associations and businesses in order to generate public-interest services. They can also be shared privately within an organization and then be used by employees or business partners.