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Blekko

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Blekko is a search company founded by Rich Skrenta and his core team from previous company Topix and Netscape’s Open Directory. Blekko was founded halfway through 2007 and has already earned itself an angel round from Baseline Ventures and two ex-Googlers.

Milestones

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  Blekko added Steve Krausz as Board of Directors.
  Posted 6/8/11 at 9:54am
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  Blekko added Clark Stephens as Director of Business Development. (1/1/11)
  Posted 5/23/11 at 4:45pm
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  Blekko added Lloyd Tabb as Member, Board of Directors.
  Posted 7/19/10 at 2:53pm
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  Blekko added Saad Khan as Member, Board of Directors.
  Posted 7/18/10 at 1:37am
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  Blekko added Keith Peters as Chief Architect.
  Posted 7/15/10 at 11:31am
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  Blekko added Tom Annau as VP of Engineering.
  Posted 7/15/10 at 11:31am
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  Blekko added Lloyd Tabb as Board of Directors.
  Posted 7/27/09 at 11:41am
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  Blekko added Jim Watson as Board of Directors.
  Posted 7/27/09 at 11:41am
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  Blekko added Tim Connors as Board of Directors.
  Posted 7/27/09 at 11:41am
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  Blekko added Rich LeFurgy as Investor.
  Posted 5/31/09 at 9:19am
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  Blekko added Greg Lindahl as Founder, CTO.
  Posted 2/19/09 at 2:54pm
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  Blekko added Mike Markson as Founder, VP of Marketing, Board of Directors.
  Posted 5/14/08 at 11:53am
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  Blekko added Rich Skrenta as Founder, CEO, Board of Directors.
  Posted 1/3/08 at 1:44am
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  Blekko received $30M in Venture Round funding. (9/29/11)
  Posted 9/29/11 at 4:48pm via techcrunch.com
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  Blekko received $1.2M in Series C funding. (8/1/10)
  Posted 11/3/10 at 2:37pm
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  Blekko received $3M in Grant funding. (2/1/10)
  Posted 11/3/10 at 2:37pm

Videos

Original Infographic @ 14 Facts (& more) about Blekko / Provided by cognitiveSEO

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Blekko Infographic

Added: 7/28/11

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4. Stealth Search Engine Blekko Raises $11.5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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8. Search Engine Blekko Raises $30 Million From Russian Search Giant Yandex And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Search Underdog Blekko Sees Over 30M Searches In January, More Than 110K Slashtags Created Since Launch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Blekko Bans 1.1 Million Spammy Domains Via New Algorithm (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Yandex acquires 10% stake in Blekko.com (invest-iq.net) [edit]