Jigsaw was a data company founded in 2003 that raised $18 million in venture capital funding. It employed 145 people and was acquired by Salesforce in 2010 for $175 million. Jigsaw compiled public records data crowdsourced from users to build a database of over 21 million records, which it provided to customers as a data-as-a-service through an open API. The company focused on building partnerships and experienced challenges common to early-stage startups like maintaining focus and dealing with acquisition negotiations.