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Socrata has raised $55.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Key people at Socrata.
Socrata has raised $55.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Socrata develops a cloud-based data platform enabling government agencies to transform raw data into accessible, actionable insights. The secure platform and powerful APIs empower public sector leaders to modernize data strategies. This technology facilitates open data publishing, enhances performance management, and drives data-driven decision-making across government operations.
Founded in 2007 by Kevin Merritt, Socrata emerged from the insight that vast government data remained locked away, inaccessible and underutilized. Merritt established the company to democratize public sector information through innovative software solutions.
Socrata's primary users are government organizations, including municipal, state, and federal entities, alongside civic developers. The company's vision is to foster greater transparency, improve civic engagement, and enable governments to leverage data assets more strategically. Now the Data & Insights division of Tyler Technologies, Socrata continues its mission to unlock public data for the common good.
Key people at Socrata.
Socrata is a cloud software company that built an open-data and data-as-a-service platform focused on making government data discoverable, usable, and actionable; it was founded in 2007, became a leader in public‑sector data publishing and analytics, and was acquired by Tyler Technologies in April 2018[3][4].
High‑Level Overview
Origin Story
Core Differentiators
Role in the Broader Tech Landscape
Quick Take & Future Outlook
Quick take: Socrata helped define the modern government open‑data and civic‑analytics category by pairing developer APIs with tools for transparency and performance; now part of Tyler Technologies, its greatest influence may come from making reusable government data a built‑in capability across a much larger installed base of government software[3][4][7].
Socrata has raised $55.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Socrata's investors include Acequia Capital, Stuart Peterson, Canvas Ventures, Citi Ventures, Zachary Bogue, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Flex Capital, Gideon Yu, Goat Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kima Ventures.
Socrata has raised $55.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $30.0M Series C in November 2014.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2014 | $30.0M Series C | Acequia Capital, Stuart Peterson, Canvas Ventures, Citi Ventures, Zachary Bogue, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Flex Capital, Gideon Yu, Goat Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kima Ventures, Maveron, NEO, Glenn Solomon, Openview Venture Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SLVC, SV Angel, Tribe Capital, True Ventures, Westlake Village BioPartners, Biz Stone, Dennis Crowley, Esther Dyson, Farzad Nazem, Hadi Partovi, Jed Stremel, Jim Pitkow, Joshua Schachter, Marissa Mayer, Mark Goines, Megan Quinn, Richard Branson, Scott Banister | |
| Jun 1, 2013 | $18.0M Series B | Stuart Peterson, Canvas Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Maveron, NEO, Openview Venture Partners, Westlake Village BioPartners, Farzad Nazem, Hadi Partovi, Jed Stremel, Mark Goines, Scott Banister, Frazier Technology Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures | |
| Jan 1, 2008 | $7.0M Series A | Stuart Peterson, Canvas Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Maveron, NEO, Westlake Village BioPartners, Farzad Nazem, Hadi Partovi, Jed Stremel, Mark Goines, Scott Banister |