Groundhog Technologies

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| name = Groundhog Technologies, Inc.

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| type = Private

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| foundation = 2001

| founder = David Chiou

| location = Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| industry = Telecommunication

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| services = Geolocation, mobility intelligence, network optimization, data monetization

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| website = [https://www.ghtinc.com https://www.ghtinc.com]

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Groundhog Technologies is a privately held company founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. As a spin-off of MIT Media Lab,MIT Media Lab#Spin-offs[http://www.media.mit.edu/sponsorship/spin-offs] MIT Media Lab Spin-Offs it was a semi-finalist in MIT's $50,000 Entrepreneurship Competition in 2000 and was incorporated the following year.[http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/50k/50kalumco.php 15 of the Top Companies Launched— More than 80 companies, 1600 employees, $4 billion in value] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527220502/http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/50k/50kalumco.php |date=2014-05-27 }}, MIT Sloan Management[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/02/07/daily64.html Groundhog's Day], Boston Business Journal, Feb 2005 The company received the first round of financing from major Japanese corporations and their venture capital arms in November 2002: Marubeni, Yasuda Enterprise Development and Japan Asia Investment Co.{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Jeff|title=A Grounded Enterprise|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2004/07/a-grounded-enterprise-2004-07-19.html|publisher=Boston Business Journal|accessdate=July 19, 2004}}[http://www.chubbybrain.com/companies/groundhog-technologies/investors-funding-history Investors and Funding History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529085241/http://www.chubbybrain.com/companies/groundhog-technologies/investors-funding-history |date=2014-05-29 }} ChubbyBrain It received second round of financing in 2004 and since then has become self-sustainable.[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/02/07/daily64.html Groundhog's Day], Boston Business Journal, Feb 2005 Groundhog Inc., Groundhog Technologies Inc.'s operation center in Taiwan, went public in 2022[https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/6906:TT?leadSource=uverify%20wall] Bloomberg

The company's products are built on top of its Mobility Intelligence Platform,[https://mi.ghtinc.com/groundhog-mi-telcos Mobility Intelligence Platform], 2015 which analyzes the locations, quality of experience, context, and lifestyles of subscribers in mobile operator's network.[http://universityspinoff.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/groundhog-technologies-mit/ Groundhog Technologies (MIT) selected] The intelligence about geolocation is then applied to improve subscribers’ experience[http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/4g-lte/groundhog-boasts-3g-4g-oss-deal/d/d-id/707137 Groundhog Boasts 3G/4G OSS Deal] LightReading and enable applications such as geomarketing and geotargeting. The company has leveraged its platform to enable operators to address the advertising and data monetization opportunity both internally and in partnership with third party retailers, advertisers, and ad networks.[http://digitalshingle.mit.edu/node/401] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529071104/http://digitalshingle.mit.edu/node/401|date=2014-05-29}} MIT Digital Shingle Project