Vertical search engine startups are popping up fast these days..another one, Kosmix, is getting some buzz. It has raised $7.4 million in venture capital. The site, based in Mountain View, CA, has been founded by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, two of the co-founders at Junglee, and has some heavy-hitter technical talent involved.

The site has started with a health-search focus to begin with, but will soon roll out travel and politics search, and following that into other categories.