Q&A with SearchMe’s Randy Adams, on making cuts and surviving
Earlier today, we reported that visual search engine startup SearchMe had laid off 20 percent of its workforce. Lots of startups are laying off workers this week, but SearchMe is led by long-time Valley veteran Randy Adams. He survived the bursting of the last tech bubble, so he wasn’t just responding to general sentiments of fear, but to his own past experiences.
Adams has done everything from helping Yahoo to secure its initial backing from Sequoia… Continue Reading
More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M
Like many people, I assume that Google is going to keep on taking over the search market. Not to be deterred, however, visual search company SearchMe has raised another $12.6 million on top of previous funding totalling $31 million, from some pretty interesting investors.
Venture firms participating in this round include Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Deepfork Capital and Lehman Brothers Venture Capital. Meanwhile, angels investors include Lachlan Murdoch — the elder son of media mogul Rupert… Continue Reading
SearchMe, a search engine startup with a visual interface and a lot of funding
SearchMe is another search startup that wants to take on Google.
It is a visual search engine, that shows you results in a series of revolving panes, with each pane featuring a search result. In iTunes, this format is used to feature the covers of albums, not search results.
SearchMe also has other potentially useful features. It offers categories to help you find what you’re looking for more quickly. For example, if you type in “labrador puppies,”… Continue Reading
Roundup: Genetics, Semel’s choke, Wikiseek, MySpace story and more
Round-up of the latest in Silicon Valley tech stuff:
Google-funded genetic start-up? — Anne Wojcicki, the biotech analyst who is reportedly engaged to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has co-founded a Mountain View personal genetics startup, 23andMe, according to ValleyWag. According to the company’s site, it develops “tools and producing content to help people make sense of their genetic information. Our goal is to take advantage of new genotyping technologies and help consumers explore their genetics, informed by… Continue Reading