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eBay Acquires Hunch For Roughly $80 Million

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry


eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) will be announcing that they have acquired Hunch for around $80 million according to Michael Arrington. Hunch was started by Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Tom Pinckney, and Matt Gattis. Hunch has raised about $20 million in total funding since they launched.
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Hunch Raises $10 Million In Series B, Led By Khosla Ventures

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Amit Chowdhry


Hunch is a startup service that allows users to answer questions using crowd-sourcing techniques.  Khosla Ventures is rumored to be leading a $10-$12 million round of funding in Hunch.  Other investors include General Catalyst Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Ron Conway.  Hunch was started by Caterina Fake, the co-founder of Flickr.  Chris Dixon is also a co-founder in Hunch.  Dixon started SiteAdvisor and sold it to McAfee in 2006.  Hunch receives about 1.2 million uniques per month according to internal numbers. [AllThingsD]

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