Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. What They Do: Travel search engine. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). Kayak Software Corporation.

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. With it, Google monetized via advertising not only on their own search pages, but beyond. Sound familiar?

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. With it, Google monetized via advertising not only on their own search pages, but beyond. Sound familiar?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

It is also reducing energy consumption since water production and distribution require a lot of energy, so preventing water loss also prevents this waste.&#. AOL began integrating 5min Media’s video content on its sites through a commercial agreement executed prior to the acquisition. in August 2010.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. Obviously, traffic found on ecommerce sites is the prime example of this and search traffic is a close second, but increasingly Pinterest is proving itself to be a massive source of high-converting traffic.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Whether or not the new distribution models ultimately took off, its a good bet that the world would be a little less red today. Unscatter.com will be a unified search and social client portal. Shocking, I know.

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