Comments on: 4 Counterintuitive Stories From Rapportive's Seed Funding

By: Salesforce Integrates JigSaw — Refining Contact Data

Salesforce Integrates JigSaw — Refining Contact Data — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:19:16 +0000

[...] with social web content. New entrants in this market such as Etacts and Rapportive, both covered previously, are doing a great job of serving up social information about a contact within Gmail – services [...]

By: Keith Rabois Is the New King of Y Combinator

Keith Rabois Is the New King of Y Combinator — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:16:26 +0000

[...] currently raising money. That includes companies that have already announced completed rounds, like Rapportive — whose CEO Rahul Vohra said he would still take more money on the right terms. Because Y [...]

By: Digital Mirror Wants to Show You the Real You

Digital Mirror Wants to Show You the Real You — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:30:46 +0000

[...] software is part of a broader category of apps and services such as Rapportive (which works with Gmail), Xobni (an Outlook plugin that Cisco has invested in) and Xoopit (which [...]

By: Sam Nelson

Sam Nelson — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:03:46 +0000

Nifty product I guess – but not a killer app. I guess it’s interesting not seeing Adsense ads anymore. The PP slide on potential acquirers must’ve been pretty short.

By: Srini

Srini — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:46:47 +0000

Just couple of layman doubst..

Is it not possible to build these sort of plugins to yahoo mail or hot mail?

How do these people make money. I mean, what would be their revenue model?

By: @cdstern

@cdstern — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:05:29 +0000

Vohra sounds smart. Congratz to him. Always encouraging to see brave moves paying off.

By: Rahul Vohra

Rahul Vohra — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:38:25 +0000

We learn from the best ;)

By: Dave mcclure

Dave mcclure — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:14:06 +0000

a few comments:
1) that last strategy was pretty ballsy… could have backfires if I didn’t end up investing. (fortunately for them I did ;)
2) i actually did meet the founders previously in London on a http://GeeksOnaPlane.com trip, when they were doing another company (which I found out had been acquired, more points in their favor)
3) don’t really think I needed their help in meeting other investors / raising for the new fund.. ahem. nice try guys, but I do ok by myself on the brazen PR & marketing. but u guys ain’t bad either ;)