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Milo

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Milo.com is a free Web site that enables shoppers to research products online and buy local, providing the best of both worlds. The leader in the local product search space, Milo.com tracks the real-time availability and prices of more than 2 million products at over 48,000 stores across the U.S.

By combining the resources of the Web and the immediacy of local stores, Milo.com makes it easy for shoppers to research the best products, find the right prices and check where products are available near them. Shoppers save time and money, get to see and try products before they buy them and get the product they want right when they want it. Retailers with products listed on Milo.com can better compete with e-commerce and can use the Site to drive valuable intent-based foot traffic into their stores. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Milo.com boasts leadership from comScore and Google, and is backed by True Ventures and prominent Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs from Mint.com, PayPal, Yelp, YouTube, and others.

Recent Milestones

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  Milo added David Ramadge as COO. (11/1/11)
  Posted 7/25/12 at 2:35pm
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  Milo was acquired by eBay for $75M. (12/2/10)
  Posted 12/2/10 at 7:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Milo added Max Kalashnikov as System Administrator. (8/4/10)
  Posted 12/12/10 at 2:24pm
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  Milo added Healey Cypher as VP of Business Development. (5/17/10)
  Posted 3/1/11 at 12:23am
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  Milo — Milo.com Goes Hyperlocal in Its Mission to Level the Retail Playing Field: Adds the real-time inventories of over 100 mom-and-pop shops from across America (4/20/10)
  Posted 4/27/10 at 11:10am via venturebeat.com
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  Milo — Milo.com Illustrates the Power of Brick and Mortar: Bulk of Spending Stays In-Store (3/10/10)
  Posted 4/27/10 at 11:07am via vizworld.com
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  Milo — Milo.com Pounds the Pavement to Locate Over 100,000 Local Sales Each Day (3/4/10)
  Posted 3/11/10 at 1:27pm
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  Milo added Justin Van Winkle as Director of Engineering. (2/1/10)
  Posted 6/5/12 at 1:20am
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  Milo added Justin Van Winkle as Director of Engineering. (1/31/10)
  Posted 6/5/12 at 1:19am
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  Milo added Wenyi Cai as COO. (1/4/10)
  Posted 5/4/11 at 2:53pm
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  Milo — Milo.com Reaches One Million Unique Monthly Visitors (12/9/09)
  Posted 3/11/10 at 1:26pm
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  Milo added Jon Callaghan as Board of Directors. (11/24/09)
  Posted 4/28/10 at 9:27am
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  Milo — Milo Adds Jon Callaghan, True Ventures, to Board of Directors (11/24/09)
  Posted 11/24/09 at 2:01pm
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  Milo received $4M in Series A funding. (11/24/09)
  Posted 11/24/09 at 2:05pm via nytimes.com
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  Milo — Milo.com Announces $4 Million of Series A Funding (11/24/09)
  Posted 11/24/09 at 2:00pm via nytimes.com
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  Milo added Keith Rabois as Board of Directors. (1/1/09)
  Posted 10/21/09 at 8:44pm

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Above: Milo Search Results
Uploaded: 4/27/09

Products

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Sources

1. Confirmed: Ebay Acquires Milo For $75 Million. Investors Make A Killing. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Online Comparison Startup Milo Shops for Cash (pehub.com) [edit]
3. Milo, a Site to Help People Shop Offline, Attracts Investors (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
Milo, a Site to Help People Shop Offline, Attracts Investors (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
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