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Largest open database of companies. Winner of the Open Data Business Award by @ODIHQ. Subscribe to our emails: bit.ly/3n5xcbD
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    Feb 26
    In our new blog series we are dive into the most important questions behind modern commerce. What actually is a legal entity? Why is it so powerful? And why, despite the digitalization of global trade, do we still lack a universal way to identify them?
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    What actually is a legal entity?
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    Feb 5, 2019
    Endlich! 🇩🇪 OpenCorporates is proud to announce over 5 million German companies have been added to our database, making it our 130th jurisdiction 🇩🇪 #offeneregister
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    opencorporates
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    Sep 28, 2023
    Our latest article dives into the challenges and opportunities the digital age is facing in the fight against #FinancialCrime. Groups like @bellingcat are paving the way towards a world where corporate transparency is the norm, not the exception 👉 blog.opencorporates.com/2023/09/28/dem…
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    Mar 26, 2018
    Why open company data matters. @AnnMarlowe and @WendySiegelman used @OpenCorporates to dig into the corporate network of SCL Group / Cambridge Analytica: medium.com/@wsiegelman/sc…
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    opencorporates
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    Jan 23, 2019
    Company register data is critical for journalists, governments, business and civil society. By taking this step, the EU has quite simply transformed access to public data about companies. Thanks to @Senficon, @MichalBoni, @sylikiotis and all others who helped push it through!
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    Felix Reda
    @Senficon
    Jan 22, 2019
    Political agreement reached on the #OpenData aka #PublicSectorInfo directive! High value dataset categories including company ownership listed in annex, which will be crucial for investigative journalism & anti-corruption. Thanks to all colleagues who helped make this deal!
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    opencorporates
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    Feb 4, 2019
    NEW BLOG: OpenCorporates and OCCRP sign landmark Memorandum of Understanding to power anti-corruption investigations
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    OpenCorporates and OCCRP sign landmark Memorandum of Understanding to power anti-corruption...
    From blog.opencorporates.com
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    opencorporates
    @opencorporates
    Nov 16, 2022
    🇺🇸 Illinois official company data is now available in OpenCorporates – a win for open data advocacy which adds 2.8+ million companies to our database (inc those incorporated in the 3rd largest US city, Chicago) bit.ly/3Oftsju
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    Oct 24, 2018
    Hot off the press: we've published a long read exploring how the rise of new technologies will impact the world of company formation... and with it the use of companies for corruption, money-laundering and organised crime. medium.com/@opencorporate… #IACC18
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    Fireflies and algorithms — the coming explosion of companies
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    Jul 19, 2018
    Big news – OpenCorporates smashes the 150 million companies barrier! Thanks to everyone around the world campaigning for open company data who helped us get here, and here's to the next 150m! blog.opencorporates.com/2018/07/19/ope…
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    opencorporates
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    Nov 4, 2014
    We are delighted that @wikidata won the Open Data Innovation Award. Well deserved. #ODIAwards #opendata #wikimedia
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    Apr 1, 2021
    Need to understand companies? Our database is a unique reference set for the world of companies. Find out more in our infographic > bit.ly/3wtlBFE
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    Jun 16, 2017
    Based on this investigation, we've put together the companies in a corporate grouping on our site: opencorporates.com/corporate_grou… #GrenfellTower
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    The Guardian
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    Jun 16, 2017
    Complex chain of companies that worked on Grenfell Tower raises oversight concerns trib.al/MUSkQZs
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    opencorporates
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    Jan 8, 2018
    We live in a corporate world – companies are involved with everything we do, yet the disparity between the availability of personal and company information is striking. That's why we're introducing corporate events data – timelines for companies:
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    Introducing corporate events – timeline data for companies
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    @opencorporates
    Jun 5, 2019
    “We have lived in a Black Box world in many areas, but especially in company data. Black Box data can best be defined by its negatives – it is not clear where it came from, when it was captured or what it represents”. Read more of our Whitepaper here
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    Black Box Data addiction will kill your business, warns new report
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