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Gil Elbaz On Factual’s New Warchest
Last night, Santa Monica-based Factual (www.factual.com), the data provider and data tools firm, announced a big, M funding round from Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures. The firm is headed by Gil Elbaz, who is known for co-founding Applied Semantics, the firm which invented Google’s AdSense product. We caught up with Gil to hear more about the round and what he …
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Google Adsense Creator Lands Million Round From Andreessen Horowitz, Index For New Startup, Factual
Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures have co-led a million round in Factual , a data startup. Factual is founded by Gil Elbaz, who is the co-founder of Applied Semantics, which Google acquired in 2003, and used for its multi-billion dollar AdSense product.
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Will Location-Based Services Ever Go Mainstream? Opportunities Beyond the Location Checkin
Location-based social networks are the current darling of social media. They are getting a lot of media attention and a lot of businesses, large and small, are experimenting with incorporating these services into their marketing mix. The most popular location-based applications are: Foursquare (4.5 million users), Gowalla (350,000), Loopt (4 million), Google Latitude (3 million), MyTown (2 …
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