Twine is an emerging search startup tackling the task of providing a comprehensive, useful and personalized semantic web. A few months after showing up on our radar, Twine’s parent company Radar Networks has received Series B funding for an undisclosed amount, though VentureBeat is reporting that sources have indicated that the investment is probably in the $15-$20 million range. With an existing $5 million from its Series A round of funding in 2006, Radar Networks has been in development for some time, and is taking its concept to the next level.
I really enjoyed Twine when I first got a chance to see what it was all about, mainly for its searchability and its organization of content on an individual level. I think it’s built up a good way to work with people’s existing thought processes for keeping tabs on your digital life, especially as more areas of your life extend to web-based services.
What will be interesting to see if if it could be spread even further to more integrated solutions that also operate outside of web-oriented behavior , such as our television habits. As we’ve seen with Comcast, the hope to introduce an all-encompassing communication tool between the company and its consumers, as well as between consumers, is an idea that will eventually be fleshed out, and I think a tool like Twine could be utilized for similar purposes, bringing a practical centralizing factor for a number of reasons.
Visit here to subscribe to these commentsUser comment: By: Deal RoundUp: Feb 21, 2008 : unitedBIT[...] The San Francisco semantic web startup, Radar Networks, has received a fresh round of funding for development of its first application, Twine. New investor Velocity Interactive Group participated in the round, according to Dan Primack at peHUB. The investment is probably in the $15-$20 million range (no giant, Metaweb-style $40+ million fundings here). Source:VentureBeat. On Feb 22, Mashable! also has a review. See here [...]