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Mapbox

Location data platform for web and mobile

Mapbox logo
501-1000 employees
  • B2B
  • Navigation
  • Big data
  • Location services
  • Augmented Reality
  • SaaS
Connecticut Ave/ K Street, Washington, DC

Company mission

To power navigation for people, packages, and vehicles everywhere.

Top investors

-11% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Location data platform Mapbox provides custom online maps for an impressive list of apps and websites including Facebook, IBM, Lonely Planet, and Snapchat. It has more than 3.5 million registered developers using its toolkit because of the platform's flexibility, security, and privacy, and has rapidly expanded to become a leading provider of custom map services, competing with companies like Google and Here.

Its more flexible and less costly service is winning it a real edge - and some major Google clients, like Foursquare, who defected in 2012. Its service Mapbox Dash uses the increasingly popular what3words service to offer highly accurate dashboard navigation. Mapbox Dash has already been integrated into General Motors vehicles as Maps+, indicating significant industry support for Mapbox’s software - and a strong strategic eye for new ways of embedding itself into lucrative markets.

Such a promising performance helped Mapbox reach Unicorn status, and more recently secure a strategic partnership with Toyota Motor Europe to provide its maps and location platform in a number of its car models. Paired with its work in digital twinning with Snowflake and recent partnerships with Michelin Mobility, it's clear that Mapbox is doing exciting and important work on a service that has promising, multi-industry applications in a market expected to reach $33.18 billion by 2027.

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Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance premium coverage for our team and generous premium contributions for all dependents
  • 401(k)/Roth
  • Additional mental health and mindfulness solutions along with a quarterly benefit dedicated toward your wellness expenses
  • Everyone is encouraged to take a minimum of three weeks accrued vacation per year (with no maximum), in addition to the week off between Christmas and New Years Day
  • Generous paid time off, flexible return to work and a financial contribution when your family grows

Company values

  • Customer Focus
  • Build Trust
  • Deliver Results
  • Always be Growing
  • Ownership
  • Be Curious
  • Bias for Action
  • Disagree and Commit
  • Hire and Develop the Best
  • Be Bold
  • Drive the Highest Standards

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Sep 2023

$280m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

May 2020

$107m

SERIES D

Total funding: $614.2m

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Leadership

Eric Gundersen

(Chair of the Board)

Having studied at American University, Eric spent 7 years at Development Seed, leaving his President role in 2010 to co-found Mapbox as CEO.