Gibu Thomas, CEO of Sharpcast, was surprised by the negative rating VC
Ratings gave his company. After the company announced $13.5 million in
second round funding from Sigma Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson,
Selby Venture Partners, I questioned its ability to build barriers to
entry and whether a startup will be able to capture the market they're
going after.
Thomas does not lack ambition. And the product --which is being launched for the first time today-- is useful and easy
to use. However, I still question whether Sharpcast will be able to be
the company that can capitalize on people's desire to sync their mobile
phone, desktop and web-based files. Judge for yourself by watching the
video below. — Joshua Jaffe
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