Radius (software company)


Radius is a software company that provides a marketing platform for targeting small businesses. The company tracks and collects information from hundreds of thousands of sources about more than 25 million small businesses in the United States. The company has publicly stated it plans to build products that are directly competitive with Dun & Bradstreet.

History

Founded in 2009, Radius started out as purely a data company focused on aggregating location data and in April 2012 launched publicly.
By 2014, Radius has been funded by American Express, BlueRun Ventures, and Formation 8. The company has publicly announced three rounds of funding: $6.75 million for the seed round, $12.4 million for the Series A round, and $13 million for the Series B round.
On July 29, 2015, Radius announced a $50 million investment by Founders Fund, AME Cloud Ventures, Formation 8, and Salesforce Ventures.
In May 2018, the company announced its intention to merge with Leadspace. In September 2019, Kabbage announced that it acquired Radius.

Darian Shirazi

Darian Shirazi is the main founder of Radius. At age 19, he became the first intern hired by Facebook. He is related to Dara and Hassan Khosrowshahi.