Genius lets salespeople watch a web visitor’s every move, raises $19M
Genius, which lets businesses track the behavior of customers visiting their Web site, has raised $19 million more in financing.
Genius lets a salesperson track who is visiting a page (see image at left), and jump in to have an IM chat with a customer who seems close to making a purchase on the site — to either help close the purchase or answer any questions the customer might have.
The financing round for the San Mateo, Calif. company was led… Continue Reading
Genius doesn’t look so scary in 2007, raises more cash
Nine months ago, we were nodding in agreement that Genius, a San Mateo company that lets Web site owners track every move of their customers, was spooky.
Pundit Rafe Needleman called the service scary. Here’s what we wrote at the time.
Now Genius has raised $10 million more in a second round of funding led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. Also participating are Emergence Capital Partners and Walden International, who in 2005 invested $5.1 million.
We’ve moved on in… Continue Reading