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Axis Systems (Verisity)
BigBook (Wirestone)
Bluedot (Ambassadors)
CallConnect (Workscape)
Digital Market (Agile Software)
Egreetings (American Greetings)
Evant (Manhattan Associates)
Evolve (Primavera)
Gravitate (Telcontar)
Inquisit (Ask Jeeves)
Intellify (Sysorex)
iOwn (Citigroup)
Listen.com (Real Networks)
Nishan Systems (McData)
Pixo (Sun Microsystems)
ProduceOnline (World Commerce)
Provato (I-Many)
QUIQ (Kanisa)
Soundpipe (Comdial)
Overview
Inquisit delivered individually tailored news at user-defined times. The company was one of the pioneers of “push” information delivery using an email platform. Altos led the company’s second venture round and helped bring in UOB, a co-investor out of Asia which had profited from a previous Altos investment. Inquisit’s co-founder, Alan Beringsmith, is Altos’ CFO.

Altos Partners
Han Kim
Ho Nam

Co-Investors
Doll Capital Management
Draper Richards
UOB
Vertex Management
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INVESTED: 1997

STATUS: Acquired by Ask Jeeves (NASDAQ: ASKJ) in 1999.
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