what3words Stock
What3words is an online platform that consists of a global grid which provides its users with fixed 3 word addresses.
About what3words Stock
what3words is a global grid of 3mx3m squares. Each square has a preallocated, unique & fixed 3 word address. This means everyone and everywhere now has an address. Using words means non-technical people can find any location more accurately and most importantly, communicate it more quickly, more easily and with less ambiguity than any other system. what3words is a tiny piece of code, an API or SDK that plugs into existing businesses' apps & services, and works across a range of platforms and devices. It is available in multiple languages, including English, Russian, French, Spanish, Turkish & shortly, Swahili & Arabic. Around 75% of the world (135 countries) suffers from inconsistent, complicated or inadequate addressing systems. This means that around 4 billion people are invisible; unable to report crime; unable to get deliveries or receive aid; and unable to exercise many of their rights as citizens because they simply have no way to communicate where they live. It means that in remote locations water facilities can’t be found, monitored and fixed; and schools, refugee camps and informal settlements remain unaddressed. Even in countries with advanced address systems, people get lost, packages aren’t delivered, and businesses and tourist attractions don’t get found. Poor addressing is costly & annoying in some developed countries, but around the world it hampers the growth and development of nations, ultimately costing lives.
Funding History
| November 2013 | $500K |
|---|---|
| March 2014 | $1.0M |
| April 2015 | $0 |
| November 2015 | $3.5M |
| June 2016 | $8.5M |
| April 2017 | $0 |
| September 2017 | $300K |
| January 2018 | $0 |
| June 2018 | $0 |
Management
CCO
Clare Jones
Co-founder & Head of Research & Development
Mohan Ganesalingam
Co-founder & COO
Jack Waley-Cohen
CTO
James Humphreys
Marketing Director
Giles Rhys Jones
Country Manager - South Africa
Lyndsey Duff
Co-Founder & CEO
Chris Sheldrick
Press
Ford partners with geocoding startup what3words
TechCrunch - Feb, 25 2019
Sony venture arm invests in geocoding startup what3words
TechCrunch - Jan, 18 2019
What3words breaks the world down into phrases
TechCrunch - Jan, 14 2019
Airbnb is using what3words to list stays with Mongolian nomads
TechCrunch - Nov, 19 2018
what3words raisesfundsfrom saicandf1driver
TechCrunch - Jun, 28 2018
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