Loomia snags $1.5M to recommend news, products
Loomia, maker of a recommendation engine that tells people what news to read and which products to buy, has raised $1.5 million in debt and rights, according to a filing with the SEC. Asset Management, Peacock Equity Fund and Telefonica have contributed to the San… Continue Reading
Loomia raises $5M to make recommendations
Loomia, which tells users what web content is popular among their friends, has raised $5 million in a first round of funding.
The San Francisco-based startup launched in June 2005 (our coverage of its early features), but it only released its SeenThis? application in January of… Continue Reading
Roundup: Dual-mode Blackberry, VCs go late, Pyramid 2.0 continued, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Blackberry 8820 announced – It is the first BlackBerry that is dual-mode, letting you use both cellular networks (EDGE/GPRS/GSM) and WiFi. More at ZDNet. This is probably enough for BlackBerry to stave off the iPhone, at least among the BrackBerry-fixated VC crowd.
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Aggregate Knowledge raises $5M from Kleiner, on a roll
You’re familiar with Amazon.com’s recommendation feature: “People who bought this book, also bought these books.”
Aggregate Knowledge is a Menlo Park start-up offering such a recommendation service on a mass scale — to any Web site. But it does Amazon one-better by watching consumer reading… Continue Reading