Where is Lycos located?

Lycos is headquartered in Waltham, United States.

How many employees does Lycos have?

As of Dec 31, 2020, the latest employee count at Lycos is 54.

Where does Lycos rank among its competitors?

Lycos ranks 278th amongst 3243 active competitors, of which 75 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Yandex, which secured an undisclosed amount in May, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Lycos?

Lycos' top competitors include DuckDuckGo, Brave and Sohu.com. Among them, Yandex secured the most recent funding round in May, 2025.

Lycos - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Lycos is a digital media brand that runs community and social sites in its network. The Lycos network of sites and services include Lycos.com, Tripod, Angelfire, HotBot, Gamesville, WhoWhere, and Lycos Mail. Previously it was known for its internet search engine but now the company is focussing on digital media. Lycos products and services include tools for blogging, web publishing and hosting, online games, e-mail, and search. Lycos Life is a consumer products division dedicated to information management. The company has 40 local sites in 120 Languages across 177 Countries.

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Founded Year

1994

Location

Waltham, United States

Stage

Acquired

Investors

Invictus Growth & 2 more

Ranked

278^th among 3243 active competitors

Employee Count

54 as on Dec 31, 2020

Investment & Acquisitions

Mysms & 4 more

Similar Companies

Sohu.com & 2609 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Brightcom Group (Oct 14, 2010)

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Lycos is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Lycos, Inc CIN: 20-8418840 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1993	-	26 (As on Dec 31, 2021)	-

Lycos got acquired by Brightcom Group on Oct 14, 2010.

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Lycos is a funded company. Lycos has 3 institutional investors.

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The founders of Lycos is Michael Loren Mauldin.

Here are the details of Lycos' key team members:

Michael Loren Mauldin: Founder of Lycos.
Suresh Reddy: CEO of Lycos.

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Lycos' employee count trend

Lycos has 54 employees as of Dec 20. The total employee count is 23.0% lower than what it was in Dec 19. Here is Lycos's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Lycos include DuckDuckGo, Brave and Sohu.com. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Lycos, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	DuckDuckGo 2008, Paoli (United States), Series B	Developer of a search engine and browser focused on privacy	$113M	GP Bullhound, Union Square Ventures & 16 others	79/100
2nd	Brave 2015, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Developer of a browser and search engine focused on privacy	$7M	Foundation Capital, Founders Fund & 24 others	76/100
3rd	Sohu.com 1996, Beijing (China), Public	Online media, search and game service company	$159K	Chiratae Ventures, 5Y Capital & 6 others	76/100
4th	Yahoo 1994, New York City (United States), Acquired	Provider of a search engine, news aggregation, and communication tools	$6.8M	SoftBank Capital, 7queensland.com.au & 13 others	75/100
5th	Ask 1996, Oakland (United States), Acquired	Ask.com: Your go-to source for answers, news, culture, and lifestyle	$25M	Kepha Partners, Redpoint Ventures & 5 others	74/100
6th	Yandex 1997, Moscow (Russia), Acquired	Provider of an AI-enabled keyword-based search engine	-	Taaleri, Fidelity Investments & 12 others	74/100
7th	News Break 2015, Mountain View (United States), Series C	Online platform aggregating multi category news	$176M	Francisco Partners, IDG Capital & 1 others	72/100
8th	Qwant 2013, Paris (France), Acquired	Provider of a data security search engine to filter results	$57.3M	European Investment Bank, Axel Springer & 7 others	72/100
9th	Naver 1999, Seongnam-si (South Korea), Funding Raised	Provider of a keyword based search engine platform	-	Shield Investment, Partners Investment & 8 others	71/100
10th	Baidu 2000, Beijing (China), Public	AI-enabled keyword-based search engine	$101M	Integrity Partners, Yixiang Capital & 25 others	68/100
278th	Lycos 1994, Waltham (United States), Acquired	Digital Media company	-	Invictus Growth, Oak Investment Partners & 1 others	27/100

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Lycos has not made any investments yet. Lycos has made 5 acquisitions.

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Feb 08, 2016	Acquisition	Mysms	2010	Wienerherberg (Austria)
Oct 17, 2001	Acquisition	Decompras	1999	-
Nov 30, 1999	Acquisition	Gamesville	1995	Waltham (United States)