Semantic Web Gang looks at investment opportunities in semantic technology

Joined this month by Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch, Chris Morrison from VentureBeat, and Brad Burnham from Union Square Ventures, this latest episode of the regular Semantic Web Gang podcast explores views on the investment opportunities raised by semantic technology.

Union Square was featured in this weekend's New York Times, and is behind investments in Adaptive Blue and (just last week) Zemanta.

Both TechCrunch and VentureBeat, along with ReadWriteWeb (and, of course, ZDNet!), are at the forefront of sites covering startups and investments in the Semantic Web space. The recent TechCrunch50 event also featured a number of entrants that put semantic technologies to good use; namely DotSpots, Fotonauts, Imindi and Popego.

There is a panel at the European Semantic Technology Conference in Vienna on Friday, at which we'll be exploring related issues. It's a conversation I look forward to continuing.