Netvibes Overview
Netvibes pioneered the personalized startpage, an alternative to traditional Web portals. With millions of users in more than 150 countries, Netvibes lets individuals assemble all in one place their favorite websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts, widgets, and everything else they enjoy on the Web. Founded in 2005 by Tariq...More»
Netvibes pioneered the personalized startpage, an alternative to traditional Web portals. With millions of users in more than 150 countries, Netvibes lets individuals assemble all in one place their favorite websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts, widgets, and everything else they enjoy on the Web. Founded in 2005 by Tariq Krim, Netvibes has offices in Paris, London and San Francisco.«Less
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Funding
| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 03/2006 | Seed | 1M | Unknown | |
| 08/2006 | Series A | 15M | Unknown |
Products
| Name: | Netvibes |
| Product URL: | http://www.netvibes.com/ |
| Description: | Netvibes is a multi-lingual Ajax-based personalized start page. It is organized into tabs, with each tab containing user-defined modules. Built-in Netvibes modules include an RSS/Atom feed reader, local weather forecasts, a calendar supporting iCal, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists, multiple searches, support for POP3, IMAP4 email as well as several webmail providers including Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, and AOL, Box.net web storage, del.icio.us, Meebo, Flickr photos, podcast support with a built in audio player, and several others. A page can be personalized further through the use of one of many existing themes or users can create their own theme with a wallpaper of their choosing. Customized tabs, feeds and modules can be shared with others individually or via the Netvibes Ecosystem. |
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12/26/2008 11:58AM by kady4me
User Opinions
Bulls vs. Bears (17)
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one of the best startup website. |
indiadesigners 05/26/2009 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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Great job offered by netvibes. |
yourpark 02/07/2009 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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The best way to keep uptodate on the startup industry
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jrajani 08/07/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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fshnchps | 08/07/2008 | |
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best ajax aggregator to date, early entry to market, trend setter, survivor |
startupman 07/29/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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very easy to set up, lots of interesting media options |
irpip 07/24/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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iGoogle doesnt integrate with things like Facebook, Flickr and ebay yet |
lrgco 07/20/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Fastest way to peruse 90+ feeds. Open anything I want to look at in a new tab. |
tobygraham 07/02/2008 |
100% 4 votes 4 0% 0 |
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They are shifting to also become awidget platform |
clarity00 05/28/2008 |
75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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Netvibes personalized homepage is better than MyYahoo or iGoogle |
clarity00 05/28/2008 |
83% 6 votes 5 17% 1 |
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Site is simple and easy to customize |
mkr2x 02/19/2008 |
94% 16 votes 15 6% 1 |
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They won the Crunchies award |
angel 02/02/2008 |
92% 12 votes 11 8% 1 |
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They have a great user interface |
dave 01/29/2008 |
84% 19 votes 16 16% 3 |
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Lacking an interface where I can manage all my feeds together in one place |
ryean 07/29/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Without their own content, what exactly is their service or added value? Where is the beef?
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zdravko 05/10/2008 |
33% 3 votes 1 67% 2 |
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alexdao | 07/09/2008 | |
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zdravko | 07/09/2008 | |
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Their Founder CEO just stepped down as CEO |
clarity00 05/28/2008 |
75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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The site takes a long time to load and sometimes hangs |
angel 03/04/2008 |
89% 9 votes 8 11% 1 |
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It's tough competing against Google and Yahoo |
dave 01/29/2008 |
86% 14 votes 12 14% 2 |
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