5 web2.0 companies i would have liked to invest in

I asked myself the other day “who will have success in that new web space?”. I identified a few companies but i list here 5 of them.

I put aside all the companies that already had some kind of exit and i place some bet on those i think will have a big exit. All those service have in common that i love to use them and that they bring a new disruptive and relevant way to consume or use the internet.

FeedBurner

FeedBurner is the king for RSS management. Their approach is highly qualitative and business model is very sophisticated.

Pandora

A fantastic music discovery service. Surely improvable but with a great user interface, free, easy and smart. The model is new but i am sure they will catch audience and monetize it in some way.

NetVibes

Why choose your homepage when you can buid it for yourself. This company is already sky rocketting, raised recently 15mUSD and has 5m users after 1 year. If this is not the next BIG thing i want to cut my hand.

Riya

I was part of their beta-tester before they decided to become a picture search engine based on face recognition. I was already a big Fan but i think this service will become big as it introduces a new visual search pattern.

BrightCove

At a moment where everybody ask how on earth YouTube and MetaCafe will make money, BrightCove is providing a very high quality service about implementing a full video service (publishing/editing/distributing/monetising) on your website. It is one of my favourite video company today. by far.

I hope i can find a company of that standard for lgilab.com

Comments

[Rani]

Thanks Ouriel. I just started using Netvibes thanks to your post, and it's great... I like being able to see both my Yahoo and Gmail accounts on a single page, while retaining the ability to see news clippings, RSS feeds etc. Great.

[Rodrigo A. SEPÚLVEDA SCHULZ]

Great choice for your pick of a video company ;)

[Shai]

thanks. Netvibes is simply wonderfull.
What is the business model for them?

[Kevin]

We use Brightcove for our TasteTV and ChocolateTelevision networks, and are very happy with it. (http://www.TasteTV.com, http://www.ChocolateTelevision.com). Tres bien fait!