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The largest open database of companies in the world Sunday, 13 October 13

A simple (but huge) goal An entry for every company (legal entity) in the world Sunday, 13 October 13

n o i l l i m 0 6 r s e r v a o e y o 3 t n n o a i h l l t i m s s 3 e m l n o i r s F e i n a p m o c Sunday, 13 October 13

The simple (powerful) search Not to be underestimated Massively reduces friction (how long will it take you to find and search multiple jurisdictions) Allows what if questions Potentially generates stories in its own right Sunday, 13 October 13

s k r a m e d a r T Sunday, 13 October 13

s e c i t o n l a for UK, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg i c fi f O Sunday, 13 October 13

t v o g , s n o c i t t a e l o , a i v t a y d t e C f a E S S & , C h I t D l a F e H , g n i d n e p s Sunday, 13 October 13

Global directors/officers search We’re now importing & indexing company directors & officers, ...allowing search by name, & other resources finding links between them similarly named and other companies Sunday, 13 October 13

All Openly Licensed, allowing free reuse, even commercially Sunday, 13 October 13

The platform • Thousands of user-contributed data • Over 500 registered users of the API Sunday, 13 October 13

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Platform enables the outside world to come up with cool insights/uses for your data Sunday, 13 October 13

And now we’re tackling corporate structures... Sunday, 13 October 13

And now we’re tackling corporate structures... Enabled by a grant from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation Sunday, 13 October 13

finding new insights Sunday, 13 October 13

no such company errors too ...and Sunday, 13 October 13

What a modern financial company looks like (highly simplified & truncated views) Sunday, 13 October 13

What a modern financial company looks like (highly simplified & truncated views) Sunday, 13 October 13

What a modern financial company looks like (highly simplified & truncated views) Sunday, 13 October 13

What a modern financial company looks like (highly simplified & truncated views) private unlimited company Sunday, 13 October 13

...from dispersed public sources + the crowd Sunday, 13 October 13

...from dispersed public sources + the crowd Sunday, 13 October 13

...from dispersed public sources + the crowd Sunday, 13 October 13

...from dispersed public sources + the crowd Sunday, 13 October 13

...from dispersed public sources + the crowd Sunday, 13 October 13

why is this important? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmcneill/5260815552/sizes/l/ The company that wants to know your network... every friend... every interaction Sunday, 13 October 13

This is what we got from their SEC filings as text (and turned into data) Pinnacle Sweden AB Vitesse LLC Facebook, Inc Facebook Operations LLC Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited Andale Acquisition Corp Sunday, 13 October 13

Then we started investigating Pinnacle Sweden AB Vitesse LLC Facebook, Inc Facebook Operations LLC Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited Andale Acquisition Corp Sunday, 13 October 13

Then we started investigating Facebook, Inc Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited Sunday, 13 October 13

Facebook, Inc Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited Sunday, 13 October 13

Facebook, Inc Facebook Cayman Facebook Cayman Holdings Unlimited II Holdings Unlimited I Facebook Cayman Facebook International Holdings Unlimited lll Holdings I Ltd Facebook Cayman Facebook International Holdings Unlimited IV Holdings II Ltd Facebook Ireland Holdings Randomus Investments Limited Facebook Ireland Limited Edge Network Services Limited Sunday, 13 October 13

Working with the community for the public benefit* *and with an innovative open-data business model Sunday, 13 October 13

And did we mention we’re 100%... http://www.flickr.com/photos/schill/5738330489 Sunday, 13 October 13

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