Zip2 Corporation (historical, co-founded by Musk)

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Zip2 Corporation was an early online city guide and business directory software company co-founded by Elon Musk in the mid-1990s and sold to Compaq in 1999.

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instanceOf business directory service
online city guide
software company
acquiredBy Compaq NERFINISHED
acquisitionAmount 307000000 USD
acquisitionDate 1999
acquisitionType cash acquisition
activeInDecade 1990s
businessModel B2B
coFounder Elon Musk NERFINISHED
Greg Kouri NERFINISHED
Kimbal Musk NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States
developedFor online city guides for newspapers
dissolved 1999
fate acquired by Compaq
foundedBy Elon Musk NERFINISHED
Greg Kouri NERFINISHED
Kimbal Musk NERFINISHED
Musk brothers NERFINISHED
foundedIn 1995
hasBusinessFunction business listings
local search
mapping
hasShareholder Elon Musk NERFINISHED
Mohr Davidow Ventures NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED
inception 1995
industry internet
software
keyPerson Elon Musk NERFINISHED
Greg Kouri NERFINISHED
Kimbal Musk NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity California NERFINISHED
notableClient Knight Ridder NERFINISHED
The New York Times NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of Elon Musk's first companies
early online city guide platform
operatingSystem web-based
product online business directory
online city guide software
software for newspapers
receivedInvestmentFrom Mohr Davidow Ventures NERFINISHED
served local businesses
newspaper publishers
startUpEcosystem Silicon Valley NERFINISHED
successor Compaq NERFINISHED
websiteType local portal

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Elon Musk-controlled entities
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