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ChaCha CEO: We Are Masters of the Pivot

Posted on: January 28, 2013 by joannaNo Comments »

ChaCha, a human-powered question and answer service, has defied naysayers with its ability to continue securing funding for 6+ years. Today, it’s announcing a new round of $14 million.

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ChaCha Secures $3 Million More In Financing

Posted on: January 24, 2011 by EamonNo Comments »

ChaCha secured $3 million in additional financing. Qualcomm Ventures of San Diego, Calif.,is a new investor. It provided $900,000 of the amount raised. The latest amount collected extends the round previously led VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures in October 2010. ChaCha is a real-time answers service that has nearly 32 million unique users monthly. It has raised a total of about $75 million.

ChaCha Closes $20 Million Funding Round

Posted on: October 14, 2010 by Barry WhyteNo Comments »

ChaCha, the Indianapolis free, real-time answers service, has closed a $20 million round of financing, according to the company. The funding came from VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures.

ChaCha Adds $7 Million

Posted on: December 23, 2009 by PEHub AdministratorNo Comments »

ChaCha Search Inc., a Carmel, Ind.-based search startup, has raised $7 million in new equity funding, according to a regulatory filing. The company previously raised over $25 million from Morton Meyerson, Bezos Expeditions, Rod Canion (founding CEO of Compaq) and Jack Gill (partner at Maven Ventures). It also had secured a $2 million grant from [...]

ChaCha Raises Cash, Lays Off Staff

Posted on: March 17, 2009 by PEHub Administrator1 Comment »

ChaCha Search Inc., a Carmel, Ind.-based search startup, has raised $12 million in Series C funding. peHUB had previously reported that it had secured $11 million of a $30 million-targeted round, based on a regulatory filing. No new shareholders were disclosed. The company had previously raised around $14 million from Morton Meyerson, Bezos Expeditions, Rod Canion (founding CEO of Compaq) and Jack Gill (partner at Maven Ventures). It also had secured a $2 million grant from 21st Century Technology Fund.

In related news, ChaCha said that it would “streamline and restructure itself to preserve cash.” VentureWire reports that this means 25 of the company’s 81 employees were let go.

ChaCha Raising $30 Million

Posted on: January 25, 2009 by PEHub Administrator13 Comments »

ChaCha Search Inc., a Carmel, Ind.-based search startup, has secured around $11 million of a $30 million Series C round, according to a regulatory filing. No new shareholders are listed. The company had previously raised around $14 million from Morton Meyerson, Bezos Expeditions, Rod Canion (founding CEO of Compaq) and Jack Gill (partner at Maven [...]

ChaCha Adds $10 Million

Posted on: November 14, 2007 by PEHub AdministratorNo Comments »

ChaCha, an Indianapolis-based search startup, has raised $10 million in second-round funding. Morton Meyerson led the deal, and was joined by return backers Bezos Expeditions, Rod Canion (founding CEO of Compaq) and Jack Gill (partner at Maven Ventures). The deal included a $2 million grant from 21st Century Technology Fund, an Indiana technology initiative. ChaCha [...]