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02/26/2008
Blogs rating platform developer Outbrain raised $5 million from Gemini, Lightspeed and GlenRock
Blogs rating platform developer Outbrain has closed a $5 million investment round from Gemini Israel Funds, Lightspeed Venture Partners and GlenRock Israel.
Outbrain is a platform for ratings and recommendations of blog, news content websites and RSS feeds . Bloggers and digital publishers can use Outbrain's free widget or API to provide readers with rating functionality and personalized reading recommendations. Thousands of blogs have already installed the Outbrain widget, which support most leading blogging and RSS platforms, such as Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, Drupal, and FeedFlare.
Outbrain was founded in 2006 by Yaron Galai, Co-Founder of Quigo which was recently acquired by AOL, and Ori Lahav who previously headed R&D teams at Shopping.com. Outbrain is headquartered in New York City, with its R&D based in Israel.
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