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Acquired byTelenav
Date9/11

General Information

Websitegoby.com
Twitter@therealgoby
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone(617) 423-0322
Emailinfo@goby.com
Employees12
Founded7/08
Descriptionthings to do search engine

Offices

Boston, USA
201 South Street, Suite 614
Boston, MA, 02111
USA

People

CEO
CEO
Founding BOD Member
CTO, co-founder

Former People

Director

Funding

TOTAL $2.5M
FUNDING TOTAL $2.5M
Series A, 10/10
Flybridge Capital Partners
Kepha Partners
$2.5M

Tags

Goby

Goby (GO-be) is a new search engine that’s all about finding fun ways to spend your free time, from a weekend to a week off.

Whether you’re looking for the perfect bed & breakfast for a romantic getaway, a fresh hiking trail to tackle, a cool new museum to visit with the kids or a live show to check out this weekend, create your next adventure with Goby!

Recent Milestones

  • Handshake
    Goby was acquired by Telenav. (9/2/11)
    Posted 12/9/11 at 12:28am via telenav.com
  • Check
    Goby — named web industry veteran Mike Bennett as chief revenue officer (11/9/10)
    Posted 11/9/10 at 8:57am via masshightech.com
  • Check
    Goby — raised an additional $2.5 million from its seed venture backers Kepha Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners, bringing its total financing to $7.5 million (10/20/10)
    Posted 10/21/10 at 7:43am via masshightech.com
  • Dollar
    Goby received $2.5M in Series A funding. (10/20/10)
    Posted 10/20/10 at 9:01pm via techcrunch.com
  • Check
    Goby added Vince Russo as CTO, co-founder. (3/1/08)
    Posted 4/5/12 at 11:16am
  • Check
    Goby added Mark Watkins as CEO. (3/1/08)
    Posted 1/30/10 at 9:53am
  • Check
    Goby added Andrew Palmer as Founding BOD Member. (2/1/08)
    Posted 12/9/09 at 2:27pm
  • Check
    Goby added Chip Hazard as Director.
    Posted 11/4/10 at 5:48am
  • Check
    Goby added Mark Watkins as CEO.
    Posted 1/30/10 at 9:54am

Videos

Screenshots

Goby screenshot
Above: goby.com
Uploaded: 9/25/09

Sources

  1. TeleNav Completes Acquisition of goby (telenav.com) [edit]
  2. Goby Raises $2.5 Million For Activity-Driven Search Engine (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Events-based search engine Goby hits on $2.5M funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
    Bennett named chief revenue officer at goby (masshightech.com) [edit]
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