2008 Top Ten Online Video Venture Capital Deals
7/9/08
The Feed Room
Location: New York City, N.Y.
Amount of funding: $12 million
Venture firms involved: NewSpring Capital, BEV Capital, Velocity Equity Partners
What it does: The FeedRoom provides web video solutions enabling organizations of all kinds to optimize their communications and profits online. A pioneer of online video, The FeedRoom's SaaS (Software as a Service) offerings and related services allow corporations, universities, and government agencies to reach employees, recruits, influencers, partners and customers using online video. The Feed Room boasts several top companies and government agencies as customers, including General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Barnes & Noble, The New York Times and The U.S. Department of State.
> The FeedRoom's new video platform
> Online video for the small business and small publisher
7/9/08
MEVIO
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Amount of funding: $15 million, Series C
Venture firms involved: Crosslink Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, DAG Ventures
What it does: MEVIO is a Broadband entertainment network that provides single-click access to the video, audio and music across platforms. It produces and develops its own lineup of "brand-safe" episodic programming and delivers it on a platform that enables audiences to view, collect, organize, share and create video. MEVIO has served campaigns for major advertisers, such as Coca Cola, Toyota, Anheuser Busch, HP, Motorola, Microsoft, and Sony Pictures.
> Fierce 15 Online Video Movers and Shakers: Mevio
> More Money for MEVIO
> The Generation Gap(s)
9/23/08
Adap.tv
Location: San Mateo, Calif.
Amount of funding: $13 million, Series B
Venture firms involved: Spark Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Gemini Israel Fund
What it does: Adap.tv is the creator of OneSource, the first platform to help publishers fully monetize their online video content. Adap.tv has parternship agreements with almost 300 online video sites including BitTorrent, Metacafe, DemandMedia and blip.tv. Adap.tv uses demographic data and user behavior statistics to tailor the online video viewing experience to the individual viewer.
> Adap.tv made the list last year for its $10 million Series A funding round
10/28/08
VBrick
Location: Wallingford, Conn
Amount of funding: $11.9 million
Venture firms involved: Menlo Ventures, RedShift Ventures, Adams Capital
What it does: VBrick Systems provides live, online networked video solutions. It offers enterprise video products to business and organizations with robust and proven online video systems that connect people everywhere. VBrick primarily targets commercial, educational and government clients.
> VBrick Launches New Product Architecture and H.264- based Network Video Appliances
11/13/08
Digitalsmiths
Location: Beaufort, S.C.
Amount of funding: $12 million, Series B
Venture Firms involved: 406 Ventures, The Aurora Funds, Chrysalis Ventures
What it does: Digitalsmiths is a broadband video indexing company, based in Durham, N.C. Provides analytics and platform support as well. It targets companies with extensive video assets that can be monetized and aggregated.
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