Jambo juice.

Agoura Hills-based Jambo Inc., an Internet search marketing company started by the founders of NetZero Inc., just raised $5 million in venture funding from Kline Hawkes & Co., Westlake Venture Partners and Gary Left and Associates. Former NetZero executives Ronald Burr, Stacy Haitsuka and Chris Black serve as chief strategic officer, chief information officer and chief operating officer, respectively.

Spun off from JamboTech Inc., a broadband phone company, Jambo focuses on generating phone leads from Internet clicks. It claims its proprietary software filters promising leads from the general Internet search population, and focuses on small, local businesses that may not have a Web presence. Jambo gathers information from these brick-and-mortar stores and places it on its network, enabling vendors to track phone calls generated from the Web. Jambo means "hello" in Swahili.

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