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Acquired by	ATG (Art Technology Group)
Price	$10M
Date	1/08
Terms	Cash

General Information
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Website	cleverset.com
Blog	blog.cleverset.com
Category	eCommerce
Phone	(206) 965-8735
Email	info@cleverset.com
Employees
Description	Ecommerce Recommendation Engine

Offices
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Seattle, USA

1201 Western Ave.
Suite 400
Seattle, WA, 98101
USA

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People
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CEO

Founder & CTO

VP of Marketing

Principal Scientist

Former People
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Ryan Petty

Advisor

Jan Hendrickson

Board member

Funding
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TOTAL	$3.6M
FUNDING TOTAL	$3.6M
Series A, 9/05 Ridgewood Capital	$1.2M
Seed, 1/06 National Science Foundation	$500k
Angel, 8/06	$1.4M
Angel, 12/07	$500k

Competitors
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Moore Laboratories

Tags
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recommendations, shopping, suggestions

CleverSet
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Cleverset was started by statistics expert Bruce D’Ambrosio, professor emeritus at Oregon State University. He got a grant from the National Science Foundation to track the behavior of satellites. He later hired CEO, Todd Humphrey, to help turn the project into a business.

Recent Milestones
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CleverSet was acquired by ATG (Art Technology Group) for $10M. (1/1/08)

Posted 1/28/08 at 12:19am
CleverSet received $500k in Angel funding. (12/1/07)

Posted 1/31/08 at 4:51am
CleverSet received $1.4M in Angel funding. (8/1/06)

Posted 1/31/08 at 4:47am
CleverSet received $500k in Seed funding. (1/1/06)

Posted 1/28/08 at 12:16am via techcrunch.com
CleverSet received $1.2M in Series A funding. (9/1/05)

Posted 1/31/08 at 4:46am
CleverSet added Todd A Humphrey as CEO.

Posted 1/27/08 at 11:59pm
CleverSet added Bruce D'Ambrosio as Founder & CTO.

Posted 1/27/08 at 11:59pm
CleverSet added Jane Jorgensen as Principal Scientist.

Posted 1/28/08 at 12:00am
CleverSet added Donna Custance as VP of Marketing.

Posted 1/28/08 at 12:00am
CleverSet added Ryan Petty as Advisor.

Posted 7/15/08 at 7:57pm
CleverSet added Jan Hendrickson as Board member.

Posted 4/22/11 at 11:41am

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CleverSet
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Website	cleverset.com
Stage	Live
Tags	recommendation-engine

CleverSet offers discovery and recommendation engines to e-commerce sites. They differ from other recommendation services by using a statistical approach to making product matches. The Seattle-based startup competes with the likes of Aggregate Knowledge, Criteo, MyStrands, and ChoiceStream.

CleverSet powers several high profile websites including Sephora’s, Wine Enthusiast, and part of Overstock.