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Website: http://www.meebo.com/

Blog: http://blog.meebo.com/

Meebo is an in-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, and Jabber, and is based on the free and open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin.

Address: 215 Castro St., 3rd floor Mountain View, CA 94041 Map it »

Phone: 650-237-3130

Founded: 2005

Employees: 32

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Communications

Legal Structure: Corporation

Ownership: Private

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Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
12/2005	Series A	3.5M	Unknown	Sequoia Capital
01/2007	Series B	9M	Unknown	Draper Fisher Jurvetson
05/01/2008	Series C	25M	Unknown	Jafco Ventures, KTB Ventures, Time Warner Investments, Sequoia Capital, True Ventures, DFJ

Name:	Meebo
Product URL:	http://www.meebo.com/
Description:	Meebo is an in-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, and Jabber and is based on the free and open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin.

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09/22/2009 12:04AM by thisgirlangie

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Bullish Opinions (23)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Love it! Add Comment	aszx 10/08/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Very Sleek and continue to innovate Add Comment	voipsipguru 03/11/2009		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
pretty slick and convenient Add Comment	stocker 11/17/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
easy, everything in one place, perfect for college students who can't DL apps to public comps Add Comment	carmenrebeca 09/30/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
they have started to roll out a lot of advertising on their service Add Comment	irpip 08/18/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
Should fit the bill for IM users Add Comment	bbrunelle 08/17/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
No installation necessary and portable Add Comment	cyclon 08/15/2008		71% 7 votes 5 29% 2
statisfies the instant messenger addict Add Comment	ablanky 08/10/2008		67% 6 votes 4 33% 2
getting more and more popular; fast and easy to use; lots of new features everytime i use it Add Comment	rtran 08/05/2008		71% 7 votes 5 29% 2
development of a meebo desktop client that takes advantage of meebo rooms will be interesting Add Comment	irpip 07/25/2008		60% 5 votes 3 40% 2
employees are happy because of good lunches on castro :) Add Comment	mngofasho 07/24/2008		75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
Meebo solves the problem of IM platform incompatibility 1 comment Add Comment	dave 01/16/2008		83% 23 votes 19 17% 4
It doesn't, it's just a fancy web based IM agreegator, one still needs to signup to many IM networks	ryang	07/10/2008
collaboration with tokbox is a plus! Add Comment	yuxin9303 07/09/2008		75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
file transfers, audio/video chat, group chats, theres no other web-based clients as powerful 1 comment Add Comment	irpip 07/01/2008		67% 6 votes 4 33% 2
as a result of this, they have a strong and loyal userbase!	fshnchps	07/01/2008
developments and developments, theyre only getting better Add Comment	grantw 07/01/2008		50% 4 votes 2 50% 2
They announced 35M visitors/month, including 8M visitors to chat rooms on Facebook Add Comment	blogger 06/26/2008		50% 4 votes 2 50% 2
They just launched interactive ads, a path to revenue model Add Comment	john 06/09/2008		71% 7 votes 5 29% 2
They web traffic has been growing nicely Add Comment	eyoung 05/25/2008		75% 8 votes 6 25% 2
setting up all of your IM accounts is a simple process Add Comment	bobfet1 05/21/2008		80% 10 votes 8 20% 2
valuation of $250 million! Add Comment	hollyster 05/08/2008		70% 10 votes 7 30% 3
They just raised $25 MM Add Comment	john 05/06/2008		70% 10 votes 7 30% 3
Yahoo just shelved their competing product myM Add Comment	steve 02/14/2008		89% 9 votes 8 11% 1
IM is a killer application Add Comment	dave 01/16/2008		72% 18 votes 13 28% 5

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Bearish Opinions (5)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Seth is not a leader; Biz model MUST evolve; investors will be lucky to get their money back! 1 comment Add Comment	effica 05/25/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
1. done; 2. let's see if Carter, Martin, Stephanie could evolve the biz model (doubt that - it should take only 1 person!); 3. investors have ~1.8M less since my last comment! Still have time but...	effica	09/25/2009
have entered series c funding and still strugling to get thru..!! Add Comment	kagnatr 01/19/2009		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
It seems to be relatively easy to copy from a technology stand point 2 comments Add Comment	steve 02/14/2008		76% 17 votes 13 24% 4
e.g. check ebuddy.com	ryang	07/10/2008
Online presence / realtime notification is not a trivial problem. Not intractable (obviously), but building a comparable system would take a while.	mkjones	10/05/2008
Tends to crash alot and messages do not go through all the time. Add Comment	dmac 08/15/2008		86% 7 votes 6 14% 1
Nothing new except the web-design... web-based multi-protocol clients have been around for ages. Add Comment	bugmenot 08/15/2008		80% 5 votes 4 20% 1