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By: VentureBeat » Human powered search engine, ChaCha, raises more cash

VentureBeat » Human powered search engine, ChaCha, raises more cash — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:53:42 +0000

[...] and with multiple other companies he’s helping run on the side. We reviewed the company here (scroll down) and the company’s initial round of $6 million in capital [...]

By: VentureBeat » Logitech snaps up Slim Devices for $20M, plus performance multiple

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:25:07 +0000

[...] He reached profitability on a mere $330,000 in angel backing (see comment from VC backer Bill Tai at bottom of our last piece), and then raised another angel round not long ago. Assuming the total funding was $1 million, this is a great accomplishment. [...]

By: Gizmoojo!

Gizmoojo! — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:07:01 +0000

Chacha is a cool concept. I tried it the other day and asked a guide to search for Wii Preorder sites, but the guide do not even know what is a Wii. The concept is cool but obviously, there’s more work to be done for matching guides to topics.

By: Bill Tai

Bill Tai — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:54:06 +0000

– on your note on financing – the company touched profitability on that first $330K, and had been growing by turning its entire balance sheet 2x per month!! We did a working capital financing and brought in Dan Aaronson, founder of BrightMail as well as Norm Meyrowitz, formerly President of MacroMedia as new angels to give the company more room to grow…. and its doing just that.