Like.com Acquires street fashion site Weardrobe

ACQUISITION

Acquirer: Like.com
Web: http://www.like.com
Location: USA, San Mateo, CA
Region: North America
Description: Shopping visual search engine, where the contents of photos are used to search and retrieve similar items
Contacts:

  • Munjal Shah, CEO & Co-Founder
  • Burak Gokturk, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Target: weardrobe
Web: http://www.weardrobe.com
Location: USA, Palo Alto, CA
Region: North America
Description: Fashion website – share photos of what you wear
Contacts:

  • Suzanne Xie, Co-Founder
  • Richard Tong,  Co-Founder

Approximate value: Undisclosed

Details: Like.com has acquired Weardrobe for an undisclosed amount. Like.com will user its “Likesense” visual search technology to identify the pieces of clothing in a photo on Weardrobe and link visitors to where they can the items.

Link: TechCrunch 

Database Acquisitions – November 2009

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