Socrata was a software company that

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acquired in 2018. It was a software system that provided data visualization tools to uncover business trends and predict statistical outcomes. Furthermore, Socrata had an open data server which was open source and accessible to all through

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History

Socrata was founded in 2007 in Seattle, Washington, United States, and subsequently opened offices in Washington, D.C., and London, U.K. Originally known as Blist, Socrata launched as "the world's easiest database" at the DEMO 2008 conference. Blist was an easy-to-use, web-based, online

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provider. On June 2, 2009, the company changed its name from Blist to Socrata, along with its business decision to focus exclusively on meeting the needs of the public sector. In March 2016, Socrata and Motorola Solutions formed a strategic partnership in which Socrata would develop and operate CrimeReports on behalf of Motorola Solutions, Inc., bringing a more modern, mobile-friendly crime mapping solution to more than 1,200 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. On April 18, 2018, the company announced that it had been acquired by

. A large majority of all the employees will join Tyler, and the Socrata offices in Seattle and Washington D.C. will remain open as well.

Open Data Network

In July 2014, Socrata introduced the Open Data Network, an initiative powered by

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designed to foster data-centered collaboration between governments and the private sector. Governments at each have access to the same kinds of data crime data, transit data, 311 service incident data, and expenditure data. Subsequently, the open data network was strategically included in the administration of San Francisco.

FedRAMP

In June 2017, Socrata was granted the authority to operate at FedRAMP at a Moderate status by the US Government's General Services Administration FedRAMP Program Management Office. Socrata received an initial series A round of venture capital funding of US$6.5 million from

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Ventures and Frazier Technology Ventures in January 2008. The company received an $18 million series B funding round from OpenView Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Frazier Technology Partners, and

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in June 2013. Socrata closed a $30M C round of funding in November 2014, led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Morgenthaler Ventures, Frazier Technology Ventures and OpenView Venture Partners.

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