boxee - series a
Boxee takes $4 millon
Media sharing platform Boxee has taken $4 million Series A in a round from Spark Capital and Union Square Venture. As part of the deal, Boxee gets Fred Wilson on their board.
We last wrote about Boxee in August after I had seen them demo at Gnomedex. It was, and still is a beautiful product [...]
Source: inquisitr.com
Interesting social mashing off online content/pictures/songs. I will wait till their alpha launch before commenting more about their QV qualification, but it looks interesting from the demo video they have but not terribly disruptive yet. Will stay tune.
taboola - series b
Taboola clinches $4.5 million, and CNN to boot
Taboola, a Tel Aviv-based video discovery startup, has just launched its “ViDiscovery” product, which analyzes the context and content of videos, and the viewing and behavior patterns of users in order to recommend videos. It has also secured $4.5 million in a second round of funding. The company aims to make money by running targeted [...]
Source: venturebeat.com
Online video discovery technology from Israel, sounds interesting but recommendation engines have been tried and done before from search to ecommerce to video. Should this be any different. I feel its still rather crowded at the moment, but CNN did give Taboola a stamp of approval and I do respect whatever that comes out of Israel. Will keep them in view for now.
QV Score open for business
We have decided to open up QV 1.5 to the public and give anyone a QV Score, however it will not be free as there is some level of work needed to churn out the QV Score. But afraid not, it will only be US$5 where US$2 will be donated to kiva and Mokugift.
Check out the “BUY A QV” page above for more details.
Happy QV-ing!