If you're looking to do online research beyond free sources, your options were limited to expensive services such as Lexis/Nexis. For a modest $20 per month HighBeam provides access to deep content - over 35 million articles from 3,000 publishers (e.g., Oxford University Press, The Washington Post) and dominates the niche between premium and free web research content.
Prior to this Patrick co-founded Hoovers.com (sold to D&B for $118MM). He initially created HighBeam through the acquisition and merger of assets eLibrary, Encyclopedia.com and Researchville.com. Early in 2006, HighBeam launched a platform to enable ads in article search results.
Dimensions: TBD people x 4 years x $ NDA
Funding: Prism Opportunity Fund, 1 to 1 Ventures, and individuals
Customers: Corporate and individual researchers
Location: Chicago [Downtown] + www.highbeam.com
