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Vertical Search Engine Kosmix Gets $7.4 Million Funding

By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jan 2006 06:03 PM PST

Vertical search engine startups are popping up fast these days..another one, Kosmix, is getting some buzz. It has raised $7.4 million in venture capital. The site, based in Mountain View, CA, has been founded by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, two of the co-founders at Junglee, and has some heavy-hitter technical talent involved.

The site has started with a health-search focus to begin with, but will soon roll out travel and politics search, and following that into other categories.

Posted in: Money, Technologies/Formats, Search, VC+M&A



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