HotDispatch

Cambridge, MA

HotDispatch has created a new online marketplace where web-deliverable services can be purchased and sold. We focus on the exchange of information online, as opposed to services transacted over the web but delivered off-line. This distinguishes us from services for online airline and hotel reservations, employment classifieds, auctions, etc. The company was born in a brainstorm in August, 1998 and incorporated in January, 1999 with early financing from Sun Microsystems, Mitchell Kapor, Omar Khudari, and Omar Blaik; and more recent financing from NEA and Accel Partners. The HotDispatch launch comes at the end of a successful pilot sponsored by Sun Microsytems and involving more than 1,500 invited participants.