2GIS
Technology, Information and InternetNovosibirsk, Russia1001-5000 Employees
2GIS is a technology company that provides a city information service with mapping, operating in more than 270 cities across eight countries. The service helps users locate nearby facilities such as ATMs and 24-hour restaurants, and it provides contacts, hours of operation, payment methods, routing, and building entrances on the map. In addition to mapping, 2GIS runs a large advertising platform in Russia, offering offline, online and mobile advertising with targeted reach and relatively low costs; it serves about 35,000 advertiser companies and claims to generate more calls than search ads. The company is headquartered in Novosibirsk, Russia, at Pl. Karla Marksa, 7, and lists 1,001–5,000 employees; Forbes notes that the brand employs more than 3,000 people across 100 offices and reaches a monthly audience of over 40 million. It is positioned among Forbes-listed top twenty most expensive Runet companies.