Fontinalis Partners is hiring an Associate, who will be an integral part of our investment team. The position will be based in either Boston or Detroit. About Fontinalis: Fontinalis is an early-stage venture capital firm broadly focused on “mobility” (efficient movement of all forms). Our investment focus also includes a…

Launching a municipal open data portal requires careful navigation of numerous privacy laws and sensitive data sets. Yet today cities lack accessible best practices and as a result have had to deal with privacy issues independently, in a disjointed and non-standardized manner. …

Crime Data is High Value But Also Sensitive — Crime open data is often the most-downloaded dataset in municipal open data portals, with numerous cities recording tens of thousands of downloads. Public safety data provides critical information about communities for citizens and was rated the #1 very important data category in the 2014 Socrata Open Data Benchmark study. At…