Comments on: Become Raises $17.5m from TPG Growth http://comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Become.com searching for President | ComparisonEngines.com http://comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1194 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:47:24 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1194 [...] followed up with Michael Yang and he said that with the recent financing, he’s ready to ’step on the gas’ and accelerate the growth of the [...]

]]> By: Nasir Akhtar http://comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1190 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:55:45 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1190 I agree with the comment from Michael Yang that the market is growing at 30%/yr. ComScore Media Metrix, it seems, also predicted this rate back in 2006.

We too strongly believe in this growth and is one of the drivers for launching our comparison engine http://www.yandaa.com in the UK with over 120 stores and over a million products. We have also provided a simple sms service to compare prices(in beta phase). No downloading invloved!

We are now looking for funds to expand, so if any of you guys are interested, do get in touch.

Brian, do take a look at our engine. Any feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks for the blog.

]]> By: Brian Smith http://comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1193 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:55 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1193 Yes, MSN belongs to MSFT, but for the most part, MSN Shopping is just a syndication deal with PriceGrabber, and I believe a bit from Shopping.com as well. MSN Shopping does have direct relationships with large retailers, but I don’t think those deals make up a majority of revenue.

]]> By: olyver http://comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1191 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:02:15 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1191 Doesn’t msn belong to microsoft?

]]> By: rickgalan http://comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1192 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:56:29 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/2008/03/25/become-raises-175m-from-tpg-growth/#comment-1192 Don’t forget that Microsoft (aside from having MSN Shopping) also has Jellyfish.
I’m interested to see where Become puts this money. It’s not a huge pile of cash, but still game changing if they do it right.

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