Felt’s public beta, and a new $15M round of funding Sam Hashemi , CEO & Co-founder • Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Introducing the world’s best way to make & share maps on the internet. Introducing the world’s best way to make & share maps on the internet. Today, people in industries around the world rely on maps to do their jobs. In agriculture, they’re used to understand the temperature and rainfall impact on crops, to ensure a productive growing season. In construction, they’re used to communicate site plans and coordinate deliveries, keeping teams aligned on delivering unbelievable feats. In the media, they’re used to communicate disasters and unfolding events. And everyone uses them to plan hikes and sketch out adventures on the road with friends. Yet despite how often we see them, maps remain incredibly difficult to make. Most often, they’re found in PDFs, screenshots, and old websites from the 90s. Google Maps has made it simple to find directions and restaurants, but the actual creation of a map is still out of reach for most people. This stands in sharp contrast to what’s happened in the rest of the software industry over the last 10 years: it’s easier than ever to create text documents, spreadsheets, photos, videos, and design files. There’s powerful, easy-to-understand online software for each of these mediums. When we founded Felt, we set off to do what Google did for Docs, and what Figma did for design. We believe anyone, anywhere should be able to create and share a map on the internet. And starting today, you can. Want to know more about Felt? Learn all you need to know watching this 2 minute video or book a demo with our team. Today we’re launching the public beta of Felt. We’ve been working on it behind-the-scenes for over a year with the help of an incredibly talented team and over a thousand early customers. It’s now ready for everyone to get their hands on it! So what makes Felt, Felt? When we set out to build it, we had three big goals:
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