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Aggregate Knowledge Wins Red Herring 100 Award
Aggregate Knowledge Named as One of the Most Innovative and Promising Technology Companies in North America
San Mateo, CA — May 16, 2008—Aggregate Knowledge, the leader in Discovery, today announced that it has been named to the Red Herring 100 list of the one hundred best startups in North America in 2008. The Red Herring 100 winners were chosen by the editors of Red Herring from more than 800 applications by companies based in the U.S. and Canada. They were selected on the basis of technology innovation, quality of management, breadth of partners and customers, and depth of financial backing.
"We’re pleased to be recognized for our leadership and innovation in Discovery and making it easy for millions of consumers to discover the content, offers and products they love," said Paul Martino, CEO and founder of Aggregate Knowledge. "Discovery is changing the way advertisers and brands get their target audience engaged through advertising, mobile, email and websites."
Aggregate Knowledge provides an entirely new way to increase brand awareness and attract and engage customers with Pique Discovery™ Ads. Pique Discovery Ads are highly-dynamic ad units that show people what was bought, viewed and read after they see articles on publisher sites. Now products, ratings, reviews, customer stories, rich media, articles and brand elements can be dynamically incorporated into ads and updated based on real-time consumer interests.
About Aggregate Knowledge
Aggregate Knowledge provides the Pique Discovery™ Network. The Pique Discovery Network is a network of web sites where people discover content and products based on what is being viewed and bought on the web. Aggregate Knowledge delivers more than 1 billion impressions a month to more than 100 million people. Pique Discovery Network customers include The Washington Post, CBS Mobile, BusinessWeek, LA Times, The Health Central Network, Sony Style, drugstore.com, SmartBargains, ShopLocal, Delightful Deliveries and Vinfolio. Aggregate Knowledge is funded by premier venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and First Round Capital.
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Media Contact:
Krause Taylor Associates for Aggregate Knowledge
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