User-GeneratedMusic Discovery Site MOG Gets $2.8M; Major Labels InvestAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2008 - 11:25am.
Berkeley, Calif. - MOG, a music discovery service with a desktop music player, has raised $2.8 million in new financing, from Universal Music Investments, Sony BMG Music Investments and The Angels Forum 74, VentureBeat reported. tags: Deals | VC | Social Networking | Music | MOG | User-Generated | Universal Music Investments | Sony BMG Music Investments | The Angels Forum 74 |
Chinese Video-sharing Site Tudou Lands $57 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 28, 2008 - 7:43am.
Los Angeles - Tudou, China's largest video-sharing site, has landed a $57 million fourth round of venture capital financing, from return backers IDG Technology Venture Investment, Granite Global Ventures and General Catalyst Partners, Pacific Epoch reports. tags: Deals | VC | Video | China | User-Generated | General Catalyst Partners | Tudou | IDG Technology Venture | Granite Global Ventures |
Nokia Taps Spike Lee to Direct User-Genrated "Social Film"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 24, 2008 - 10:38am.
White Plains, N.Y. - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Thursday announced a promotional partnership with filmmaker Spike Lee, who will "direct" a film that utilizes user-submitted camera phone footage and other content. Angie's List Gets $35 Million for Local Service Provider RatingsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 10, 2008 - 8:29am.
Indianapolis, Ind. - Angie's List, a site that offers user-generated ratings and reviews on local service providers, announced on Thursday that it has received a $35 million equity investment from Battery Ventures, which will take a minority stake in the company. WEbook Launches Collaborative Writing SiteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 9, 2008 - 10:41am.
Bethesda, Md. - WEbook, an online platform for authors, editors and writing groups to collaboratively create written works, on Wednesday launched a public beta test of its website. The company, backed by Greylock Partners Israel and several individual investors, is the brainchild of Itai Kohavi, an author of two novels and one children's book, who serves as chairman. WEbook also announced the release of "Pandora," its first published book, collaboratively written and edited by 17 alpha members of the online community. iKlax Media Releases Multi-track Interactive Audio FormatAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2008 - 12:06pm.
Biarritz, France - iKlax Media on Tuesday announced the development of a new interactive audio format, iKlax, which enables listeners to select among the various tracks in a particular recording for listening. Artists can use iKlax Creator to create multi-track versions of their songs that listeners can then manipulate and listen to different versions. The creators said that their temporarily free software has been downloaded 10,000 times in the past two weeks, adding that 500 artists have downloaded iKlax Creator. OurStage Lands $13 Million for Online Talent CompetitionsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 4, 2008 - 7:45am.
Boston - OurStage, an online competition for aspiring musicians, filmmakers and comedians, has raised $13 million in new financing from over 100 angel investors, Tech Confidential reported. N.J. AG Subpoenas College Gossip Site JuicyCampusAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 20, 2008 - 10:07am.
Newark, N.J. - The New Jersey Attorney General's Office and Division of Consumer Affairs have subpoenaed JuicyCampus, a site that lets college students post anonymous gossip, as part of an investigation into whether the site violates New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act. Yahoo's Flickr to Test Video Service in AprilAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 17, 2008 - 10:56am.
San Francisco - Yahoo's (NASD: YHOO) Flickr photo-sharing service intends to branch out into video with the beta launch of a new Flickr video service next month, CNET News.com reported. The company told CNET that Flickr Video will not replace Yahoo Video, and that the service is not meant to compete with YouTube. Flickr director of product management Kakul Srivastava told CNET the service has to appeal in an "authentic" way to the Flickr community. Surrge Debuts Fan-Generated Music Promotion, Retail ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 17, 2008 - 10:52am.
Austin - Surrge launched its new social distribution network and music community at the SXSW festival over the weekend, which promises to reward fans who tell friends and others about their favorite artists' songs by giving them 10% or more of the sale price of songs resulting from their recommendations. The service will allow members to upload favorite songs, and then send links to streaming versions to friends, and receive referrals when friends then purchase DRM-free downloads. Video Game Screencast Service WeGame Lands $3 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 17, 2008 - 6:17am.
San Francisco - WeGame, a service that allows gamers to capture video while playing and upload and share the results, has raised $3 million in its second round of financing, led by True Ventures, TechCrunch reported. tags: Games | Deals | VC | Video | User-Generated | True Ventures | WeGame | HitForge | SoftTechVC |
Gizmoz Secures $6.5 Million for Social Meida AvatarsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 17, 2008 - 5:55am.
San Francisco - Gizmoz, a provider of customized, user-generated avatars for use with social media services, announced on Monday that it has raised $6.5 million in its second round of financing, led by DoCoMo Capital. tags: Deals | VC | Social Networking | Benchmark Capital | Columbia Capital | User-Generated | Gizmoz | DoCoMo Capital | NGI Capital |
YouTube Expands APIs; Videos Now on TV Through TiVoAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 12, 2008 - 9:18am.
MaxxAthlete Raises $3 Million for Youth Sports Web NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 11, 2008 - 7:51am.
Manhattan Beach, Calif. - MaxxAthlete, an online social network and Internet broadcast network for youth sports, has raised $3 million of a $5 million first round of venture capital financing, from unnamed investors, VentureWire reports. tags: Deals | Sports | VC | Video | Social Networking | Acquisitions | User-Generated | MaxxAthlete | VisionSports | HoopTV.net |
Fan-Financed Music Site Slicethepie Lands $2 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 10, 2008 - 9:29am.
London - Slicethepie, a music discovery site where fans can invest in the recording of albums by their favorite artists, announced on Monday that it has raised $2 million in its third round of venture capital financing. Gazprom to Acquire Russian Vid-sharing Site RuTube for $15MAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 7, 2008 - 8:23am.
Moscow - The media division of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom will acquire RuTube, a Russia-based video-sharing site based that claims 5.5 million monthly visitors, for about $15 million, Russian News & Information Agency (RIA Novosti) reports. Report: Video-sharing Site Veoh Raising FinancingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 29, 2008 - 7:55am.
San Diego - Video-sharing site Veoh is looking to raise $40 million in new financing and has hired Bear Stearns to facilitate the process, Silicon Alley Insider reported. Yelp Gets $15 Million for User-Generated Local ReviewsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 27, 2008 - 12:56pm.
San Francisco - Yelp, a social media site where users can post reviews of local bars, restaurants and other businesses, announced on Wednesday that it has raised a $15 million fourth round of financing, led by DAG Ventures. tags: Deals | VC | Social Networking | Benchmark Capital | Yelp | User-Generated | DAG Ventures | Bessemer Ventures |
Dailymotion Employs Video Fingerprinting Copyright FilterAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2008 - 2:13pm.
Paris - Video-sharing site Dailymotion announced on Monday that it has implemented digital video fingerprinting copyright filtering technology from INA across its entire site. The system will be used with the site's professionally produced content, as well as user-generated videos uploaded through the company's MotionMaker program. In addition to INA's technology, Dailymotion said it also employs a hashing system, audio fingerprinting, and blocks videos that have already been removed from the site. DivX to Shut Down Video Hosting Site Stage6.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2008 - 2:12pm.
San Diego - DivX, a developer of video compression technology and provider of video distribution services, announced on Monday that it will shut down Stage6.com, a service that let users upload and store videos encoded in its DivX format. Video already uploaded to the site will be available for viewing and download through Feb. 28. The company said the move allows it to focus on its DivX licensing business while also continuing to power distribution of DivX content on third-party sites. |
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