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Formed by Eric Frank and backed by Battery Ventures and SilverLake Partners with a vision to transform commercial real estate
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Locate. Analyze. Act.
We provide commercial, geographical, spatial, and environmental building data on a single platform. Our definitive data and intuitive products are transforming the way organizations of all sizes solve problems.
Who We Are
We strive to not only equip confident, data-driven decisions across sectors, but to also enrich lives by bringing people, information and technology together.
To uphold these key pillars to our clients and business partners, we promise to:
Connect
Connect people, businesses and data on an integrated platform that facilitates workflows & transactions.
Partner
Partner with our customers to deliver trusted insights & definitive data with pinpoint accuracy.
Impact
Champion an equitable and sustainable future by providing environmental datasets to make location-based data accessible & actionable.
Meet our leadership team
Eric Frank, CEO at LightBox
“At LightBox, we redefine the landscape of commercial real estate by seamlessly integrating cutting-edge technology and data intelligence, illuminating opportunities, and fostering a future where precision meets possibility in every transaction.”
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Culture
At LightBox, everyone is heard. We believe the best work comes from unique perspectives gained through diverse experiences and cultures. Working together is the only way we can enable our customers to make the best possible decisions in real-time.
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Innovation comes easily with diversity
LightBox wants its employees to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are. Our commitment to inclusion is the foundation upon which we operate and connect with our customers and the communities in which we work.
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Our extraordinary evolution
Through acquisition and organic investment, we’ve paired data and technology to connect leading brands with an extensive customer base who need world-class business capabilities.
January, 2018
April, 2018
Acquired leading environmental data and bank procurement vendor Environmental Data Resources
Acquired ExactBid to expand its residential and CRE procurement offering
August, 2018
EDR® and ExactBid combined to form LightBox with Albert Lojko as COO
May, 2019
Acquired CRE marketplace Real Capital Markets® (RCM®)
June, 2019
Acquired leading location and GIS data provider Digital Map Product (DMP)
August, 2019
Brokerage vertical formed leveraging the legacy RCM® customers and subsegment of the legacy DMP customers to drive cross-sell
Contracted by Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) to build the underlying broadband map
Launched nationwide Location Intelligence broadband initiative
October, 2019
Executive team expands:
- Amanda Allen (CFO)
- Paul Vogt (GC)
- Michael Fraser (Market Development)
December, 2019
Acquired ClientLook®, a complementary CRM brokerage tool
March, 2020
Launched Auction and DCM initiatives
Developed and launched both Auction capability and Debt Capital Market expansionary workflow with CBRE
October, 2020
Launched LightBox Valuation to leverage the tools and data from each of the previous companies to address the real estate valuation workflow
January, 2021
Acquired BuildingFootPrintUSA®, a leader in geo-spatially mapping buildings, streets and address data to expand the data platform
February, 2021
Acquired Assess+RE, provider of a real estate cash flow modeling application, to leverage cash flow modeling API across all LightBox segments
June, 2022
Acquired PZR®, the nation’s largest and oldest established zoning due diligence company.
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