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01/22/2008
SemantiNet raised $1.7 million from Giza, Yossi Vardi, Ronald Cohen and Jeff Pulver
Web mashups information platform development startup SemantiNet has completed a $1.7 million financial round led by Giza venture capital. Leading international and Israeli private investors such as Yossi Vardi, Ronald Cohen, Jeff Pulver, Robert Imershein and Moudi Ben-Shach joined Giza in the round.
SemantiNet is developing an information platform that utilizes Semantic Web concepts with a crowd sourcing approach. SemantiNet’s first consumer application is leveraging semantic web concepts to seamlessly integrate information and services from various websites in order to improve web browsing experience.
The company development is based on unique patent based programming paradigm, hardcore web technologies like Silverlight, Ajax and Linq, and a unique scrum & agile development methodology.
SemantiNet was founded in February 2007 by Tal Keinan, SemantiNet CEO, and Tal Muscal, the company CTO. Prior to founding SemantiNet, Keinan was a member of the Risk Department of Morgan Stanley, and Muscal served as a developer at Go Networks and senior software developer at IDF.
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01/20/2008
Web community toolbars provider Conduit raised $8 million from Benchmark Capital
Web community toolbars provider Conduit has raised $8 million from Benchmark Capital. The company will use the funds to upgrade its offering to deliver a complete family of online syndication solutions.
“Conduit's performance has been remarkable. In less than two years, the company's innovative, on-demand delivery model has enabled tens of thousands of web publishers to build and distribute community toolbars to millions of active subscribers worldwide,” said Michael Eisenberg, general partner of Benchmark Capital and Conduit board member.
Conduit's on-demand community toolbar service allows any web publisher to create, promote and maintain a unique, personalized community toolbar reflecting their website without the cost and complexity of custom software. More than 140,000 publishers have joined the Conduit network worldwide, including major brands such as Fox News, Lufthansa, Major League Baseball, Greenpeace, and TechCrunch.
Conduit was founded by Ronen Shilo, the company CEO, Dror Erez, the VP R&D and CTO of Conduit, and Gaby Bilczyk, Conduit VP Product Development. The comapny is privately-held with headquarters in Israel and Redwood Shores, CA.
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