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Vurb

Vurb is a local app helping consumers find local things to do and letting them save their ideas.

North America, United States Disrupt NY 2014 2014 Winner

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Founded Date

2014

Industries
Mobile Apps Search Engine
Operating Status

Acquired

Website

vurb.com

Founders

Bobby Lo Founder

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Ade Ajao, Maryanna Saenko, Charles Hudson, Ulili Onovakpuri and Melissa Bradley are coming to Disrupt

Connie Loizos

At TechCrunch Disrupt, our Startup Battlefield event is the centerpiece of the event, the true heart of this signature program. There’s good reason we take it so seriously. Over the years, the Startup Battlefield competition has helped launch dozens of nascent startups that have grown into game-changing brands, including Cloudflare, Dropbox, Vurb, Mint, GetAround, Fitbit, […]

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72 hours left to apply to Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020

Neesha A. Tambe

Get featured in front of the largest TechCrunch Disrupt audience in history. The opportunity clock is ticking, and you have just 72 hours left for a chance to compete head-to-head against top startups from around the world at Disrupt 2020. Beat the deadline — apply to compete in Startup Battlefield before June 19 at 11:59 […]

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Compete in Startup Battlefield and Launch at Disrupt SF 2020

Neesha A. Tambe

Early-stage founders: Don’t miss your chance to follow in the footsteps of tech giants. We know COVID-19 has created challenges for startup founders, but fear not. Disrupt SF is still proceeding as scheduled, with a Disrupt Digital Pass Virtual option. Launch your startup in the world’s most famous pitch competition, Startup Battlefield. The smackdown goes […]

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Snapchat shares hit all-time low as search acquisition Vurb’s CEO bails

Josh Constine

Snapchat’s sagging share price is making it tough to retain talent. Bobby Lo, founder and CEO of mobile search app Vurb that Snap Inc acquired for $114.5 million two years ago is leaving day-to-day operations at the company. That means Lo cut out early on his four-year retention package vesting schedule, which was likely influenced […]

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Snapchat is acquiring mobile search app Vurb for $110M+

Josh Constine

Snapchat could help you organize a night out with friends or get a digest of the day’s news thanks to its acquisition of mobile search startup Vurb. TechCrunch caught wind of the impending deal over the weekend and now The Information reports Snapchat is in the closing stages of talks to pay $110 million for […]

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Search App Vurb Adds Messaging To Become The U.S. WeChat

Josh Constine

[tc_aol_on code=”519023602″] WeChat dominates China with its messaging hub that lets you shop, call a taxi, and pay bills — all from one app. Now, mobile search startup Vurb wants to bring the monolithic app style to the United States with the help of Tencent, WeChat’s developer which has secretly been an investor in Vurb’s […]

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Disrupt Winner Vurb Raises $8 Million To Steal Mobile Search From Google

Josh Constine

The conundrum of mobile is you either use one convenient app that is mediocre at doing many things, or you have to discover and hop between a flotilla of single-purpose apps. Vurb wants to solve this for mobile search by aggregating utility from top third-party apps so you can make decisions rather than click links. […]

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All The Important Stuff From TechCrunch Disrupt NY

Josh Constine

So what happened at Disrupt NY? With 25 panels, 27 startup demos, and a hackathon, TechCrunch's annual gathering in New York produced plenty of news, insight, and controversy. Even if you were there in person it was a lot to process, so we've compiled a cliff notes for the conference.

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And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014 Is… Vurb

Romain Dillet

It’s been a long, tough road, but it’s finally time to crown the winner of the Disrupt Battlefield. This year’s batch was truly awesome. Twenty-seven startups took the stage to present. The six finalists were Boomerang Commerce, ISI Technology, Mimi, Mink, ShowKit, and Vurb. It was an amazing batch with multiple hardware startups, innovative business models and […]

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Vurb’s Contextual Search Engine Blows Away Those Stupid Lists Of Links

Josh Constine

Search is outdated. Google steers you to right section of the library, but doesn't answer your question or compile that answer with others to help you make a decision. Luckily, today Vurb is launching its reinvention of search results in the form of a web and mobile contextual search engine. Rather than requiring multiple searches in different tabs, Vurb collects all the relevant info on one page.

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Contextual Content Engine Vurb Raises More Than $1.5M From Max Levchin And Others

Alexia Tsotsis

VCs like to go around asking the same questions: "What's cool? What startups do you like?" Recently, the consensus answer to those questions is a startup called Vurb. Vurb is a contextual content engine, a platform that connects and compiles relevant information from services like, but not limited to, Yelp, LinkedIn, Google Maps, Amazon and so on. Nothing quite like it exists on the market.