Four Month Old Wize Gets $4 Million

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Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Silicon Valley based Wize is a site that tracks expert and user product reviews across the Internet and churns them through an algorithm to create a single, 1-100 “WizeRank.” We first profiled Wize and some of its competititors late last year and said Wize had the best chance for commercial success of the bunch.

Tonight, they are announcing a first round of financing – $4 million from Mayfield Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners.

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