Become.com Overview
Become.com is a powerful search engine and comparison shopping service. Founded by industry pioneers Michael Yang and Yeogirl Yun, creators of MySimon, Become.com helps people make better buying decisions and purchases online. Become.com searches over 5.6 billion web pages and uses its patent-pending AIR™ (Affinity Index Ranking) search technology to provide the Internet's most useful product...More»
Become.com is a powerful search engine and comparison shopping service. Founded by industry pioneers Michael Yang and Yeogirl Yun, creators of MySimon, Become.com helps people make better buying decisions and purchases online. Become.com searches over 5.6 billion web pages and uses its patent-pending AIR™ (Affinity Index Ranking) search technology to provide the Internet's most useful product reviews and guides, and then makes it easy to find and buy products from brand name retailers at the best prices. With over 25 million products from 5000 merchants, Become.com provides the Web's most robust and easy to use combination of relevant product research and comparison shopping.«Less
Key People
Management
- Michael Yang, Founder, President & CEO
- Jon Glick, VP of Product Search & Comparison Shopping
- Greg Haslam, VP of Business Development
- Arjun Jayaram, VP of Engineering
- Ted Monohon, Director of Accounting & Finance
- Masahiro Ueno, CEO
- Thomas Schaeffer, Assistant Director of Human Resources
- Mimi Sells, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications
Board of Directors
Funding
| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 03/2008 | Series C | 17.5M | Unknown | |
| 07/2008 | Series D | 8M | Unknown |
Products
| Name: | Become.com |
| Product URL: | http://www.become.com/ |
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User Opinions
Bulls vs. Bears (7)
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Founder CEO is a successful serial entrepreneur |
tara 06/11/2008 |
100% 6 votes 6 0% 0 |
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Comparison shopping has a great monetization model built in |
jenny 04/24/2008 |
100% 8 votes 8 0% 0 |
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They claim to be profitable already as of 2008 |
dave 03/26/2008 |
100% 9 votes 9 0% 0 |
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They have been steadily growing their page views and unique users |
dave 03/26/2008 |
100% 9 votes 9 0% 0 |
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They've got plenty of money in the bank to fuel their growth |
dave 03/26/2008 |
100% 9 votes 9 0% 0 |
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| Bearish Opinions (2) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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Become offers nothing the market hasn't already seen at other shopping sites |
mkr2x 04/24/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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There are too many players in the shopping search engine space |
jenny 04/24/2008 |
75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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