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He reflects on the online video boom -- and on the "foolish money" out there to invest in media and video companies. He says that funding valuations, meaning the value of a company that is soliciting outside investment, is actually higher without revenues
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Richtig präsentieren - so geht's! Wer Investoren überzeugen will, muss sich und seine Idee richtig verkaufen können. Eine überzeugende Präsentation ist daher das A und O. KTI-Coach Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier verpasste unseren Jungunternehmern in sein
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So even if a video ad unit had a 5-10x pricing premium, the site might still have generated more revenue from regular web pages in the same amount of time because they would have served 14x more impressions.
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Vator.tv will be a place for anyone to submit their ideas for their venture in video, PowerPoint or document format. Submissions can be password protected or available for public viewing.
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YouTube, one of the most successful exits of the Web 2.0 era, needs little introduction. YouTube’s single biggest contribution is that it brought into the mainstream the concept of sharing videos online. YouTube shot into limelight when Google acquired
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in the first quarter of 2007, some 19 video software and services companies have raised $210.7 million. Put another way, American video startups raised $1.96 million per day over the past 15 months. And there’s been one exit to write home about: $1.7 bi
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Jumpcut was clearly acquired for its team, technology and its product, rather than for traffic, revenue or any other component of its business. Big internet companies, especially Yahoo!, Google and Fox, have made a number of similar acquisition in the pa
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Kiptronic1, a San Francisco-based startup that coordinates dynamic ad insertion for audio and video podcasts, will announce today or tomorrow that it has raised $4 million in venture capital funding. The Series A round was led by Blueprint Ventures and Pr
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Brightcove announced today the closing of a $59.5 million strategic funding round that will allow the Internet TV company to accelerate international expansion and solidify a market leading position as the Internet TV market matures and consolidates in th
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he sudden rush of company failures could be, as some people have suggested, because 2007 is the show-me year for startups which raised money from 2005 on. Though that's no doubt true, I do wonder whether some ventures have closed down quietly in the last
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the NYC-based broadband video firm has received $20 million in this round of funding, all from Polaris Ventures. The venture firm invested $10 million in the company early last year. The funding will be used to expand Heavy.com network internationally an
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vMix, a video sharing and tools site, has received an undisclosed amount of funding in its second round. The round was led by Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. This is a funny line from the company’s release:
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Grouper developed video indexing and search optimization tools that gave a big boost to traffic in the time before every major internet portal, especially Yahoo!, had its own video area.
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ExpoTV, an NYC-based consumer-generated video product reviews site, has received $6 million in first round of funding. The round was led by Masthead Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks,
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The simple truth is that Brightcove’s “we’re everything to everyone” strategy makes it confusing for partners, advertisers, let alone investors. If indeed it’s true that AOL and IAC are balking at this most recent round, we humbly, personally t
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YouTube already has managed to grab 9.1% reach there, compared with 10.3% for Daily Motion, according to figures from market tracker comScore. Across Europe, YouTube has around 10% to 12% reach, vs. 2% for Daily Motion.
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According to our sources, the company is looking to raise just over $55 million in fresh capital, give or take a few million. That kind of money would give the company a post-money valuation well north of $225 million range, sources say.
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Spot Runner uses the Internet to create low-cost, well-produced ads. Local business owners tap an online library of thousands of stock commercials to customize and schedule their own TV spots. The company then places the ads on local cable and network TV,
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vSocial, a Tempe, AZ-based online video services providers (white-label video services to other sites), has raised $1.5 million from investor Ron Conway and Consor Capital. vSocial offers white label video services.
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Ströers Beteiligungsgesellschaft erwirbt eine Beteiligung. Ingesamt wird Sevenload jetzt bereits mit 130 Mio Euro bewertet. Sevenload peilt nach Zahlen von Unternehmensinsidern 2008 rund 30 Mio. Euro Umsatz und einen Gewinn von 10 Mio. an.
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Das sind Nachrichten;-) Der Focus hat nun recherchiert, was bislang als Vermutung sehr nahe lag: Hinter MyVideo stecken die Samwer-Brüder, die unter anderem auch für Jamba verantwortlich sind.
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Today they’re announcing $3.7 million in Series A funding led by Gabriel Venture Partners, with help from Express Ventures and execs from MP3.com and DivX The money will be used to develop the technology, pursue a mobile strategy and to provide a white
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There is a definite bubble with many web video businesses," he said. "There are some businesses being built that I'm not sure could be stand alone businesses.
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vSocial is being described as the “showcase” for vConnect, the site’s underlying technology. vConnect is a turnkey solution for providing video on your site, including a white label option. Der Player lässt weitgehen Anpassen.
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Sehr ausführliches Interview mit dem Sevenload Gründer Ibrahim Evsan. Es geht um die Gründungshürden, den Sevenload start, die Konkurrenz, das Innovationskonzept und die Zukunft, den letzten Erfolgreichen Monat usw.
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Liste der VC fundings in der ersten hälfte 2006. Geordnet nach Sektoren. Inklusive der Beträge: Video Sharing: 14 companies; total: $60.2 million, 5 undisclosed; Social Networking: 21 companies, total: $95.8 million, 8 undisclosed
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Blip.TV bekommt Risikokapital in nicht genannter höhe. Außerdem ein kleines Review des Services. Er ist sehr Geeky und speziell auf Videoblogger ausgerichtet.
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Übersicht über den Videohostingmarkt mit der aussicht, dass 90% dicht machen werden. Außerdem viel über Dabble und die besonderen ausrichtungen der verschiedenen Unternehemen.
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Es gibt nun 173 YouTube Clones und allein im April wurden 3 neue mit $30 MIo an Venture Capital vollgepumpt. Das geht ganz sicher nicht gut und fürher oder Später wird es opfer geben. Die Meisten unterschätzen die Kosten (Traffic)
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vPod.tv will den Europäischen Markt mit einem Hosting Dienst beglücken. Der Fokus soll dabei eher auf einem Brightcove Modell mit Werbefinanzierung und eingebundener Werbung liegen. Die Syndikation soll fociert werden.$5,1Mio hat vPod von VCs bekommen.
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Bei 200 Terabyte und 40 Mio Videos/ Tag bezahlt YouTube geschätze $1Mio pro Monat für Traffic an Limelight. 1 Min Video kostet zw. 1/10 und 1 Penny, je nach Rabatt. Im Moment verdienen die Provider am meisten mit den Internetvideos ($500Mio vs $200Mio).
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Revver bekommt $8.7 Mio bei einer Serie B Funding Runde. Die Investoren sind Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Bessemer Venture Partners und weitere. Revver hat mehr Nachfrage nach Werbeplätzen als es Werbeblöcke hat.
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Veoh hat alle geklauten Video-RSS Feeds gelöscht und die Vlogger besänftigt. Guba hat die Adult Inahlt auf eine neue Spartenseite ausgelagert. Der Anlass waren neue VC Runden. Revver hingegen hat gerade $8,7Mio von Investoren erhalten.
