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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. It’s nice to finally not be in stealth mode! When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. The company was called Red Beacon.

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Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

Can ‘related content’ work as business model? The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. The company has raised $6.2 million till date. 04/07/2010 04/07/2010 Dia Cardio Ltd.

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Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

Can ‘related content’ work as business model? The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. The company has raised $6.2 million till date. 04/07/2010 04/07/2010 Dia Cardio Ltd.