About
Inktomi Corporation was a California-based company that provided software for Internet service providers. It was founded in 1996 by UC Berkeley professor Eric Brewer and graduate student Paul Gauthier. The company was initially founded based on the real-world success of the search engine they developed at the university. After the bursting of the dot-com bubble, Inktomi was acquired by [Yahoo](/organization/yahoo).
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 19,518 investors in VCSift focus on the saas sector.
- • 22 investors are based in Foster City, California, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Sectors
- saas
- Location
- Foster City, US
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