Center'd

About:

Center'd is a local search and discovery company that organizes and distributes content based on SentimentAnalysis.

Website: http://www.centerd.com

Top Investors: Norwest Venture Partners, Comerica Incorporated, Bill Harris, Keynote Ventures, Jeffrey Drazan

Description:

Center'd is a local search and discovery site that organizes and distributes content based on SentimentAnalysis - its unique approach to analyzing conversations about local places on the Web. By analyzing millions of conversations from multiple online sources, Center'd is able to surface detailed insights about local businesses that give consumers a faster way to determine the tone of what people are saying about a place. Based on its contextual understanding of these conversations, Center'd has created a unique and growing index of more than 5 million U.S. places with sentiment data. Center'd formerly owned and operated [The Dealmap](/organization/the-dealmap), a source for savvy consumers to find and share the hottest local deals, all in one place. The Dealmap aggregates the largest number of local deals on the Web from the largest number of sources, and makes previously hard-to-find deals available to consumers when and where they want them through its website and social applications, and its daily email. [Google](/organization/google) [acquired](http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/01/google-scoops-up-daily-deal-aggregator-the-dealmap/) The Dealmap in August 2011. Center'd uses its technology platform to create local applications on its website, mobile devices and social media websites, and to distribute unique local content through publicly available APIs and widgets. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Center'd is led by former Microsoft and Yahoo! executives, and is funded by Norwest Venture Partners and KeyNote Ventures. Center'd was formerly named [Fatdoor](/organization/fatdoor).