Some of the excitement around real-time search seems to have died down recently &8212' Ia4‚¬a4„m no longer seeing hordes of startups embracing the term, and some of the most prominent companies that were active in the space have refocused. But investors still seem to be optimistic about San Francisco startup Topsy, which just announced that it has raised $15 million in a third round of funding.
Like other real-time search engines, Topsy allows users to search up-to-the-minute content on services like Twitter and Facebook. The company says it provides a4‚¬Athe most influential search results ranked by millions of people.a4‚¬¯
Topsy isna4‚¬a4„t just offering a consumer service. It recently launched Topsy Social Modules, which allow publishers to add real-time content to their websites (you can see a sample module above), and Topsy Social Analytics, which helps businesses see whata4‚¬a4„s becoming popular on social networking services. Topsy says its technology is used on hundreds of websites, including those owned by IDG Media, The Huffington Post, and Discovery Communications.
The round comes from Western Technology Investments and previous backers BlueRun Ventures, Ignition Partners, Founders Fund and Scott Banister. Topsy has now raised about $30 million.
a4‚¬AWith the market consolidation of the last year, Topsy has emerged as the only real-time search architecture capable of becoming a web-scale search platform,a4‚¬¯ said BlueRun partner John Malloy in a press release.
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Companies: Blue Run Ventures, Founders Fund, Ignition Partners, Topsy, Western Technology Investments
People: Scott Banister
Companies: Blue Run Ventures, Founders Fund, Ignition Partners, Topsy, Western Technology Investments
People: Scott Banister
Anthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.
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