Oct
22
2006

Guruji launches�and local search engines in India are now REALLY HOT

The Indian internet landscape is getting more competitive by the day. Not only is it widening in breath, it is also getting deeper. Search engines have traditionally been at the heart of how the internet works, and we now have multiple local search engines to choose from. The latest (and most promising) entrant to this field is Guruji, which launched last week.

Guruji is a crawler based local search engine that focuses on Indian content. It has been co-founded by these two ex-IIT Delhi guys who have a strong professional background. They have the backing of Sequoia Capital for venture funding and Suvir Sujan (who co-founded Bazzee) as an angel investor. It is not entirely insignificant to note that Sequoia was one of the earliest investors in Google.
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