Radius Intelligence
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Radius Intelligence was a business-to-business data platform that built a database of information on more than 20 million small and medium businesses in the US. Using data acquisition and entity-resolution technology, it unified disparate, complex datasets into trusted company records, helping financial institutions find customer segments, build targeted lead lists and measure marketing campaigns.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Radius was founded in San Francisco as a small-business data platform, founded by Darian Shirazi.
- Turbulent year
The company announced a merger with competitor Leadspace, quietly cancelled it three months later, and replaced its longtime CEO.
- Acquired
Kabbage acquired Radius Intelligence's assets for undisclosed terms; about 20 team members, including CEO Joel Carusone, joined Kabbage's San Francisco office to integrate the platforms.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
Radius raised tens of millions of dollars from investors including Founders Fund, Salesforce Ventures and AME Cloud Ventures, and was once valued around $200 million.
- 02
In September 2019, Kabbage acquired the company's assets; the terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- 03
About 20 Radius team members joined Kabbage to integrate the data platforms.