• Blekko Screencast And Founder Interview

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    Monday, July 19th, 2010

    We just posted our first thoughts on Blekko, a new search engine preparing to launch to the public. We’ve also taken a screencast of the search experience on the site and have a short video interview with cofounders Rich Skrenta and Mike Markson.

    Blekko Screencast:

    Founder Interview:

    Company: Blekko
    Website: blekko.com
    Launch Date: June 1, 2007
    Funding: $60.2M

    Blekko is a search company founded by Rich Skrenta and his core team from previous company Topix and Netscape’s Open Directory. Blekko was founded halfway through 2007 and has already earned itself an angel round from Baseline Ventures and two ex-Googlers.

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