Infochimps

OVERVIEW

Website: http://infochimps.org/
Blog: http://blog.infochimps.org/
Twitter: @infochimps

Description:
The Austin-based company Infochimps is an open catalog and marketplace for the world’s data. Its mission is to increase the world’s access to structured data. The site allows users to upload datasets and point to others across the Internet. Datasets are easily browsed and the metadata is contributed by users.
Infochimps was founded in 2008. The founding team consists of two physicists (Flip Kromer and Dhruv Bansal) and one entrepreneur (Joseph Kelly).

Launch Date: beginning of 2008
Ownership: Private
Category: Data Marketplace
Employees: 0-10

Total Funding: Unknown

RECENT NEWS

April 27, 2010 Infochimps Release Twitter Data, “Trst.Me” App and API for Ranking Twitter Users

KEY PEOPLE

Philip (flip) Kromer, Founder @mrflip
Dhruv Bansal, Owner @dhruvbansal
Joseph Kelly, Owner @josephkelly

CONTACT

Address:
3601 Lawton Ave #3
Austin, TX 78731

Phone:
(512) 553-5631

Email:
info@infochimps.org