softball
07-25-2009, 05:13 PM
They tried it:
www.searchme.com (http://www.searchme.com)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/24/searchme-searching-for-a-buyer-or-shutdown-could-be-their-future/
We’ve known that that visual search engine SearchMehttp://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.1/t.gif (http://www.searchme.com/) has been looking for a new round of financing these last few months. But from what we hear they aren’t having a lot of luck closing that financing - something was on the table, our sources say, but fell through. As an alternative strategy, they’ve approached a number of possible buyers to see if they can close an acquisition of the company or its technology, multiple sources have confirmed. If a buyer can’t be found quickly, the site may shut down.
The search engine first launched (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/11/searchme-launches-new-search-engine-with-heavy-backing-from-sequoia/) in March 2008, and has raised around $44 millionhttp://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.1/t.gif (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/searchme) in venture capital. Sequoia Capital has backed them from the start, beginning with a $400,000 seed round in 2005.
SearchMe has an innovative visual approach to search that lets users scroll through screen snapshots quickly. It is particularly appealing on the iPhone (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/18/searchmes-visual-search-for-the-iphone-finally-launches/), and has been one of my favorite apps since launching late last year. It’s something that is just perfect for a mobile device with a large touchscreen.
Here’s SearchMe on the iPhone:
www.searchme.com (http://www.searchme.com)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/24/searchme-searching-for-a-buyer-or-shutdown-could-be-their-future/
We’ve known that that visual search engine SearchMehttp://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.1/t.gif (http://www.searchme.com/) has been looking for a new round of financing these last few months. But from what we hear they aren’t having a lot of luck closing that financing - something was on the table, our sources say, but fell through. As an alternative strategy, they’ve approached a number of possible buyers to see if they can close an acquisition of the company or its technology, multiple sources have confirmed. If a buyer can’t be found quickly, the site may shut down.
The search engine first launched (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/11/searchme-launches-new-search-engine-with-heavy-backing-from-sequoia/) in March 2008, and has raised around $44 millionhttp://i.ixnp.com/images/v6.1/t.gif (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/searchme) in venture capital. Sequoia Capital has backed them from the start, beginning with a $400,000 seed round in 2005.
SearchMe has an innovative visual approach to search that lets users scroll through screen snapshots quickly. It is particularly appealing on the iPhone (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/18/searchmes-visual-search-for-the-iphone-finally-launches/), and has been one of my favorite apps since launching late last year. It’s something that is just perfect for a mobile device with a large touchscreen.
Here’s SearchMe on the iPhone: