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Local Onliner

Jan 9
2012

Thumbtack Raises $4.5 Million

Thumbtack, which has set itself to compete against Angie’s List and ServiceMagic in the SMB leads space, has raised $4.5 Million from Javelin Venture Partners, with MHS Capital and Tim Draper participating. The eight person San Francisco company, founded in 2009, claims nearly a quarter million active merchants — up from 150,000 in July — …continue reading »

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Jul 26
2011

Thumbtack’s Heady Goal: To Build ‘The Largest’ Service Marketplace

The new breed of lead providers for services appears to have slowed down. While Angie’s List is all over the air waves, building its consumer base for an expected IPO, and ServiceMagic is performing well for IAC, and expanding, not much has been heard from such new companies as RedBeacon, Cox’s Kudzu, Likelist, HelpHive , …continue reading »

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Apr 1
2011

Thumbtack: 30,000 Home and Trade Leads Last Week

The home and trade leads space was getting a lot of attention a year ago, with a number of social media driven leads companies hoping to cut in on longtime leaders such as ServiceMagic and Angie’s List. Among the contenders: Cox’s Kudzu, Red Beacon, Likelist, HelpHive , Sears’ ServiceLive, and Thumbtack Not much has been …continue reading »

Categories: Sales Channels, Social Media, Verticals

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Jun 9
2010

Thumbtack, a Service Leads Provider, Raises $1.2 Million

Thumbtack, one of the new breed of service lead companies such as Alikelist, Red Beacon, HelpHive and others seeking to push aside leaders such as ServiceMagic and Angie’s List (and the Yellow Pages), announced today it has raised $1.2 million, and now has raised a war-chest of $1.7 million altogether. The new angel round includes …continue reading »

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