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SparkBuy acquired by Google
- zach 15y agoCongrats, Dan and the crew at Sparkbuy. Looks like the beginning of something great. And in just about a month after launch. Now there's a contrast to recent complaints of Google's glacial hiring process. Biz dev is like the platinum line! Also, Dan gave a great interview on Mixergy last month: http://mixergy.com/dan-shapiro-ontela-interview/ http://mixergy.com/dan-shapiro-ontela-interview/
- rumpelstiltskin 15y agoCongrats! How much?
- TheIronYuppie 15y agoCompanies don't have to reveal if it's less than $50M, so, unfortunately, the only answer you'll absolutely get is "< that $50M" :/
- webwright 15y agoThey had investors and (with their investment being so recent) they certainly had $ in the bank, so you can also rule out the "nice signing bonus" outcome. With $1M on a $3M pre-money (guess), they'd have to sell for north of $4 for the investors to get a return on their investment.
- ojilles 15y agoIs the service discontinued? The site itself is just background image now.
- biot 15y ago"And while we won't be offering services at sparkbuy.com any more, stay tuned for truckloads of new awesome from our team at Google."
- kenjackson 15y agoHere's an article with more info: http://www.geekwire.com/2011/google-buys-sparkbuy-search-engine-laptops-tvs http://www.geekwire.com/2011/google-buys-sparkbuy-search-eng...
- happybuy 15y agoCertainly sold quickly - our startup http://www.happybuy.com/ http://www.happybuy.com/ is in a similar space (innovating on top of e-commerce sites for price tracking, price prediction and recommendations) so in a way its good to see there is one less competitor. Sounds more like this was a talent acquisition as the technology from SparkBuy is something that Google could have replicated relatively quickly if they wanted.
- djb_hackernews 15y agoSeems like if you take a retail vertical, use some solr/lucene to give you faceted search, you'll be golden. I know it's not that simple, but the tech is very accessible right now to do just that.