Kosmix

The stated objective of Kosmix is to build an "unofficial home page for every topic on the web."Official Website: About Kosmix The founders of the company, Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan launched the website in February of 2006. The categorized search engine raised a reported $25 million from the venture capital firm Accel, Lightspeed and Cambrian Ventures and a number of private investors.TechCrunch.com: Will Kosmix’s Plan To Take Vertical Search Horizontal Go Flat? (September 12, 2007) It categorizes the topic pages into magazine style topic pages. Kosmix purchased Cruxlux a small software maker that charts relationships. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Wowd-Kosmix-Aim-to-Claim-Corners-of-Googles-Search-Sandbox-814287/
Fast Facts:
1. Launched: February 2006
2. Founders: Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan
3. Raised capital: $25 million
4. Investors: Accel, Lightspeed and Cambrian Ventures, Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com and Bill Miller of Legg Mason Funds
5. The founders graduated from Stanford University and were in the same class as, friend, Sergey Brin
6. The two founders had an opportunity to purchase Google from Brin after the company's first yearSiliconBeat: Kosmix raises cash for a new search engine -- to compete with Google (January 27, 2006)
7. In September 2007, Kosmix launched RightHealth, which provides complex health information in an easy to understand way