Life360 location-sharing app is changing the way we communicate
Profile of location-sharing app Life360 covering its origins, early backing by Carthona Capital's James Synge, a Google grant, its ASX listing, and its acquisitions of Tile and Jiobit.
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San Francisco
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Life360 raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Life360, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Carthona Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended Life360's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | May 2019 | - | Forbes Australia, Startup Daily |
Companies Life360 acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Hulls | CEO | Forbes Australia |
| James Synge | Executive Director | Forbes Australia |
| Randi Zuckerberg | Board Member (former) | Forbes Australia |
Stories naming Life360. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of location-sharing app Life360 covering its origins, early backing by Carthona Capital's James Synge, a Google grant, its ASX listing, and its acquisitions of Tile and Jiobit.
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