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Topsy

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Topsy, which launched on May 26, 2009, is a real-time search engine, with a focus on social media sites like Twitter. The site’s underlying technology examines popular links as well as the influence of each person citing a link. Topsy augments traditional search engines by finding information that people are talking about.

Milestones

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  Topsy added John Malloy as Board of Directors.
  Posted 4/13/10 at 2:16pm
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  Topsy added Scott Banister as Board of Directors.
  Posted 6/5/09 at 11:27pm
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  Topsy added Ron Conway as Advisor.
  Posted 6/3/09 at 10:32pm
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  Topsy added Justin Foutts as Co-founder.
  Posted 5/26/09 at 2:35pm
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  Topsy added Gary Iwatani as COO/CFO & Co-founder.
  Posted 5/26/09 at 2:25pm
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  Topsy added Rishab Aiyer Ghosh as VP Research & Co-founder.
  Posted 5/26/09 at 2:24pm
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  Topsy added Vipul Ved Prakash as CEO & Co-founder.
  Posted 5/26/09 at 2:23pm
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  Topsy received $15M in Series C funding. (3/10/11)
  Posted 3/10/11 at 11:42am via techcrunch.com
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  Topsy received $3M in Debt funding. (3/1/09)
  Posted 5/26/09 at 2:34pm via wsj.com
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  Topsy received $11M in Series B funding. (12/1/08)
  Posted 5/26/09 at 2:33pm via wsj.com
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  Topsy received $900k in Series A funding. (1/1/08)
  Posted 5/26/09 at 2:31pm via wsj.com

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Topsy homepage
Uploaded: 5/26/09

Above: Search results
Uploaded: 5/26/09

Sources

1. Topsy Bets On Real-Time Twitter Search With $15M Backing (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
2. Topsy Bets On Real-Time Twitter Search With $15M Backing (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
3. Topsy Bets On Real-Time Twitter Search With $15M Backing (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
4. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]