Kevin Merritt was into open data before it was hip, before developers rushed to formulate the movement’s apps, before eyeballs in cities, states and counties saw it as the next default for ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Socrata (www.socrata.com), the world leader in cloud solutions for open data and data-driven government, today announced a strategic partnership with Yelp (www.yelp.com), the ...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - Nov 13, 2012) - Socrata, the leading provider of cloud-based open data systems, today announced the "Socrata Open Data Server, Community Edition," to be offered as ...

The state’s new open data portal, scheduled for launch in about a month, will be on the Socrata platform — a popular choice for several city and state portals. Customers include New York City, San ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by John Cook on Jun 26, 2013 at 8:58 am ...

In San Francisco, open data is no appetizer. It’s what’s for dinner. It’s this sentiment that’s prompted the city to participate in an open data network announced last week by Socrata, the city’s open ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by John Cook on May 17, 2011 at 7:49 am ...

The city is working with Seattle tech company Socrata to make open data more accessible to both technologists and non-technologists alike. A map of how many parking violations were issued by zip code, ...

Socrata has raised $18 million to further the extension of its open-data platform now used at all levels of government to present information for the general public. The Series B round of financing ...

If you want to know if your local taco place got a D on its health inspection, or how vacant homes affect crime, you have Socrata to thank. Socrata, creator of custom data systems for civic ...

Socrata, a startup working to make government data more easily accessible to companies and services, has raised $30 million in new funding. Socrata has raised at least $30 million of a possible $35 ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Socrata, Inc. [www.socrata.com], a Seattle-based cloud software company focused exclusively on democratizing access to government data, today announced that Ian Kalin has ...