IndexTank Launches New Hosted Search API; Secures $1.6M in Seed Round of Funding

San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) February 15, 2011

IndexTank today announced the launch of its real-time, easy to customize, hosted search API for developers. Created to wrangle the massive data available on todays web, IndexTank enables developers to easily import datasets from APIs and databases and quickly leverage them to build or test application ideas. For example, using IndexTank, a developer could create a Yelp experience in just a few hours by indexing a local business dataset freely accessible on the Internet; prior to IndexTank, similar projects would require extensive search expertise and days of search stack engineering work.

The IndexTank search API is free to try and pay-as-you-go. Unlike self-hosted search tools such as Sphinx, Solr or Xapian, IndexTank scales elastically and frees up developers from the heavy lifting of administering and scaling a service. As a result, they can focus more development hours on building the logic of their applications instead.

Before IndexTank, we seemed to continuously outgrow whatever we had in place at the time, said Jeremy Edberg, operations manager at reddit, an early IndexTank adopter. As engineers, we thought about building our own search implementation but the fact that IndexTank worked so well, the decision was easy to make. To have a huge to-do like search off our list is a massive relief.

IndexTank technology is new and different from search tools of the last decade that were designed for simple document retrieval. Able to reflect the dynamic social data on todays web such as tweets, comments and likes, IndexTank features include: real-time feed indexing, instantaneous availability of search data, geo search, automatic faceting, range search for e-commerce and instant insights about the applications indexed data.

Todays web is live with high velocity social content and users expect their contributions to be reflected immediately for a more engaging and fun experience, said Diego Basch, chief executive officer, IndexTank. IndexTank was designed to index and search this new, real-time, social world of content creation filled with votes, tweets and posts. IndexTank gives developers a powerful tool for building exciting new applications based on the creative ideas they envision from any of source of data they discover on the web.

The company also announced today that it has secured $ 1.6 million in seed financing led by Michael Dearing of Harrison Metal and Steve Anderson of Baseline Ventures. Freestyle Capital, K9 Ventures, Patagonia Ventures, Wenceslao Casares, Paul Gauthier, Mike Hennessey, Dave Hersh, Othman Laraki, Ben Smith and Tim Stevens also participated in the round.

We are thrilled to have received this level of support from our investment partners and proud that with their strong track records, they see true potential in our hosted search technology, added Basch. We look forward to working closely with Baseline and Harrison Metal as we focus on expanding our development efforts and and empowering developers to create the next wave of great web applications.

Currently powering some of the worlds largest search implementations such as reddit and WordPress, IndexTank will use this funding to continue building out its development team and expanding the core functionality of its search platform technology. Mr. Dearing will join Diego Basch, chief executive officer of IndexTank and Manolo Espinosa, co-founder of IndexTank on the companys Board of Directors.

About IndexTank

IndexTank is a real-time, easy to customize, hosted search API for developers. Created to wrangle the massive data available on todays web, IndexTank enables developers to easily import datasets from APIs and databases and quickly leverage them to build or test application ideas. Free to try and pay-as-you-go, IndexTank is unlike self-hosted search tools and scales elastically and frees up developers from the heavy lifting administering and scaling a service. IndexTank technology is new and is different from search tools of the last decade that were designed to be simple document retrieval systems. IndexTank features include: real-time feed indexing, instantaneous availability of search data, geo search, automatic faceting, range search for e-commerce and instant insights about the applications indexed data.

Located in San Francisco, Calif., IndexTank is backed by notable investors including Harrison Metal and Baseline Ventures. For more information visit http://www.indextank.com

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Zemanta Adds Seed Funding From Union Square Ventures Seedcamp 2007 Winner Receives First Investment from U.S. Firm

London (PRWEB) September 15, 2008

Zemanta (http://www.zemanta.com), the leading provider of content creation and discovery tools for bloggers around the world, today announced that the company had received seed funding from Union Square Ventures, the first American investor for the Slovenia founded company. The funds will be used to expand the company’s business development operations in the US.

By applying advanced text-processing algorithms, Zemanta reads user-created text, such as a blog post, article or web page, and recognizes the contextual content. Zemanta then combs the web for the most relevant images, smart links, keywords and text, and instantly serves these results so the user can enrich his or her content.

“I’ve been using Zemanta for several months on my personal blogs and it’s changed the way I work. Now I write and do my research at the same time, it’s a more efficient way to blog. In addition to recommending related content for me to read (and link to), Zemanta recommends images, hyperlinks and tags, all of which are incredibly useful to me,” said Fred Wilson, partner, Union Square Ventures. “But as I’ve used Zemanta more and more, I’ve come to realize that it can and should recommend many other things to me while I create content. What Zemanta has really built is the equivalent of adwords for content creators.”

Zemanta was founded in May 2007 by Botjan petič and Andra Tori, with the goal of simplifying the creation of online content. In September 2007, Zemanta was chosen as one of the winners of Seedcamp, an annual week-long event that brings together EMEA-based entrepreneurs who compete for venture capital funding. In March, Zemanta launched its beta service for bloggers which has been enthusiastically adopted among early adopters.

“Since HTML was introduced 10 years ago, online content tools have been largely unchanged,” said Botjan petič, Zemanta’s director of products, Zemanta. “We are changing the way people blog today and our mission is to transform the way online content is produced. Now, with the guidance and connections of Union Square Group, we can take our work to the next level.”

To date, Zemanta has also raised investment capital from Eden Ventures and The Accelerator Group.

About Zemanta

Zemanta the leading provider of content creation and discovery tools for bloggers around the world, has created an easy-to-use way to up your blogging game. With Zemanta, you can reach across the Internet to bring the photos, links, tags, reblogs and documents that add depth, credibility and entertainment to your blog. More importantly they help you increase you readership and hold onto your audience. A browser plug-in that also works within your blogging service, Zemanta delivers “smart sources”, which appear as you are typing. Available for FireFox and Internet Explorer, Zemanta works with multiple blogging engines including WordPress, MovableType and TypePad, Blogger, and 7 more. Zemanta is backed by Union Square Ventures, Eden Ventures and The Accelerator Group.

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Zemanta Adds Seed Funding From Union Square Ventures Seedcamp 2007 Winner Receives First Investment from U.S. Firm

iPredator Inc. Announces 2013 Internet Safety Seed Funding Opportunity

Hudson Valley, NY (PRWEB) November 28, 2012

Unlike human predators prior to the Information Age, iPredators rely on the multitude of benefits offered by Information and Communications Technology (ICT.) Malevolent in intent, iPredators rely on their capacity to deceive and harm others using ICT in an abstract electronic universe. New York State licensed psychologist and certified forensic consultant, Dr. Michael Nuccitelli, is in the final stages of completing his Internet safety and Tech. Predator awareness website.

After 3 years of extensive research and growing recognition of his technological predator construct, iPredator, Dr. Nuccitelli and iPredator Inc. announces their 2013 Internet safety seed funding investment opportunity for corporate entities and investors.

Educators, parents, businesses and all citizens must treat iPredators as a societally toxic phenomenon. To thwart this growing epidemic, it is paramount the United States and global community immediately initiate an awareness and educational campaign. This campaign must be aimed at preventing children, adults and commerce from being targeted and victimized through the use of ICT. To initiate this vital first step, iPredator Inc. is offering a seed funding investment opportunity to corporate entities and investors.

As stated by Dr. Nuccitelli, Ive spent 3 long and obsessed years developing iPredator and all my products, services and national awareness building strategies. Whether the seed funding comes from a corporate entity, investor, for profit or not for profit organization, the mission is to plant a seed of fear in the minds of criminals, deviants, abusers & terrorists who use ICT to victimize others. Central to their strategy, the definition of Dr. Nuccitellis construct, iPredator, is as follows:

iPredator: A child, adult or group who, directly or indirectly, engages in exploitation, victimization, stalking, theft or disparagement of others using Information and Communications Technology (ICT.) iPredators are driven by deviant fantasies, desires for power and control, retribution, religious fanaticism, political reprisal, psychiatric illness, perceptual distortions, peer acceptance or personal and financial gain.

iPredators can be any age, either gender and not bound by economic status, race or national heritage. Whether the offender is a cyberbully, cyber stalker, cyber harasser, cyber-criminal, online sexual predator, internet troll or cyber terrorist, they fall within the scope of iPredator.

In the 2011 winter issue of the Forensic Examiner, Dr. Nuccitellis theoretical construct, iPredator, was the feature article. Published by the largest professional forensics education organization in the world, American College of Forensic Examiners International, CEO & founder, Robert OBlock, endorsed Dr. Nuccitellis theory and national educational strategy in November, 2012. In addition to his theory, Dr. Nuccitelli has designed 26 cyber-attack risk assessments, data collection and educational tools for purchase, in which 13 of them can be taken online. These checklists and inventories assess the risk potential of a child, adult or business being targeted by an iPredator.

From a services perspective, Dr. Nuccitelli has developed an innovative advisory based cyber-attack prevention membership service called, iPredator Protected. Similar in structure to car owners who are AAA members offered by the Automobile Association of America, the iPredator Protection membership service gives consumers immediate access to experts trained in identification, intervention, apprehension and prosecution of iPredators.

iPredator Inc. also offers a variety of educational, training and speaking engagement services that can be performed in person or via web conferencing sites. Lastly, iPredator Inc. can assist law enforcement, court systems and other public safety arenas investigation and iPredator profiling services.

As stated by Tina Church, chief ICT investigator and iPredator Inc. partner, It is almost 2013 and society has thrived within the Information Age for over three decades. Is it going to take another three decades before people open their eyes to the victimization of children and vulnerable adults in cyberspace?

iPredator Inc. Announces 2013 Internet Safety Seed Funding Opportunity

Joint Partnership Formed Between Hokorawa & The Seed Network To Provide Web Development, Social Networking, Business Branding, Search and Internet Marketing Services

(PRWEB) May 31, 2012

The Seed is a web development company located in Nelson, British Columbia and Hokorawa Companies is an internet marketing and media company with operations in Hawaii, California and Florida. These companies have partnered to provide a wide range of web services for their combined clientele.

Through this partnership both companies are even more committed to providing high-quality web solutions for small businesses and social entrepreneurs and delivering the best web development and Internet marketing services at the best price.

This partnership has been developing and changing due to the pressures of growth both are experiencing. The need for quality well managed teams are becoming ever more important in the small business market. In spite of this rough economy, businesses around the world are demanding more of these companies and they are working hard to meet that need.

Together they host workshops and seminars, provide business consulting and develops brands. They also host a full suite of website platforms, online marketing, social networking and content creation. This partnership has allowed The Seed to focus its resources and man-power to create some great new time management applications for mobile and content management systems like WordPress.

The Seed is excited to announce their All-In-One Calendar Plugin For WordPress. This revolutionary calendar plugin has become one of the most popular calendar plugins for WP.

Joint Partnership Formed Between Hokorawa & The Seed Network To Provide Web Development, Social Networking, Business Branding, Search and Internet Marketing Services