Placer.ai

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Location Los Altos, CA
Founded 2018
Latest Stage Series D
Total Raised $268M
Website https://www.placer.ai
Sector
location-analytics data ai real-estate-tech

Investors

Josh Buckley Series B (2021)
Josh Buckley Series C (2022)
Josh Buckley Series D (2024)
Lachy Groom Series D (2024)
Todd Goldberg Series B (2021)
Rahul Vohra Series B (2021)
jared-leto Series B (2021)
Shruti Gandhi Pre-seed (2016)
Itamar Novick Seed (2018)
Eden Shochat Series A (2020)
Michael Eisenberg Early (2019)
irishangels-ventures Seed (2018)
Array Ventures Seed (2018)
stage-venture-partners Seed (2018)
brightstreet-ventures Seed (2018)
jbv-capital Series A (2020)
Aleph Series A (2020)
reciprocal-ventures Series A (2020)
oca-ventures Series A (2020)
fifth-wall Series B (2021)
jbv-capital Series B (2021)
Aleph Series B (2021)
Array Ventures Series C (2022)
fifth-wall Series C (2022)
wndrco Series D (2024)
mmc-technology-ventures Series D (2024)
fifth-wall Series D (2024)
Array Ventures Series D (2024)
Recursive Ventures Seed (2018)

Founders

Noam Ben-Zvi Co-Founder & CEO
Zohar Ben-Yehuda Co-Founder
Ofir Lemel Co-Founder
Oded Fossfeld Co-Founder

About

Placer.ai is a location analytics and foot traffic data platform that provides market research tools for retailers, commercial real estate firms, and other businesses 1. Founded in 2018 by Noam Ben-Zvi, Zohar Ben-Yehuda, Ofir Lemel, and Oded Fossfeld, the company is dual-headquartered in Los Altos, California, and Israel 2. Placer.ai reached unicorn status with its $100M Series C in January 2022 and surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue in early 2024 34.

Funding History

Round Date Amount Lead Investor(s) Key Co-Investors Valuation
Seed Oct 2018 $4M IrishAngels Ventures Array Ventures, Stage Venture Partners, BrightStreet Ventures —
Series A Jan 2020 $12M JBV Capital Aleph, Reciprocal Ventures, OCA Ventures —
Series B Apr 2021 $50M Josh Buckley Todd Goldberg, Rahul Vohra, Fifth Wall, JBV Capital, Aleph, Jared Leto —
Series C Jan 2022 $100M Josh Buckley Fifth Wall, Array Ventures $1B
Series D Aug 2024 $75M Existing investors Josh Buckley, WndrCo, Lachy Groom, MMC Technology Ventures, Fifth Wall, Array Ventures $1.5B

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What Investors Say

No independently sourced investor testimonials found.

What Founders Say

Noam Ben-Zvi (Co-Founder & CEO): “80% of sales and business is still done in the physical world and the need for quality data in the physical world has become crucial” 5.

Sources

  1. TechCrunch, “Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation,” January 2022. https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/12/placer-ai-a-location-analytics-startup-finds-100m-at-a-1b-valuation/↩↩

  2. TechCrunch, “Placer.ai, a location data analytics startup, raises $12 million Series A,” January 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/22/placer-ai-a-location-data-analytics-startup-raises-12-million-series-a/↩↩

  3. SiliconANGLE, “Location analytics startup Placer.ai closes $100M investment at $1B valuation,” January 2022. https://siliconangle.com/2022/01/12/location-analytics-startup-placer-ai-closes-100m-investment-1b-valuation/↩↩

  4. Calcalist Tech, “Placer.ai raises $75M at $1.5B valuation, reaches $100M in ARR,” August 2024. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h100twskqr↩↩

  5. Calcalist Tech, “Placer.ai raises $50 million series B led by Product Hunt CEO,” April 2021. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3906403,00.html↩↩

  6. The Brand Hopper, “Placer.ai - Founders, Business Model, Funding & Competitors,” February 2026. https://thebrandhopper.com/2026/02/05/placer-ai-founders-business-model-funding-competitors/↩