5 posts and columns on C round

Blip.TV Raises $10 Million for More Web Video You (Probably) Won’t See on Hulu

in Media on May 19, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

It’s no YouTube, but Blip.TV is turning five, too. That’s impressive enough for any Web video outfit, but CEO Mike Hudack also has a good story to tell: He’s figuring out how to make money from the clips small-time producers make–and how to get the producers enough money to make more clips. Repeat.

Tumblr Raises Another $5 Million From Spark and Union Square. Now It Wants Your Money.

in Media on April 20, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Tumblr’s David Karp, seen carpet surfing on the cover of New York Magazine this week, says his hipster blog service is ready to become a real business. Karp’s VC backers seem to believe him.

Another Big Bet on Mobile Payments: Boku Raises $25 Million

in Media on January 19, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Is there big money in mobile payments–systems that let people buy stuff using their phones? Not yet, perhaps. But investors are betting there will be. Latest example: Boku, a mobile payment start-up that raised $13 million last June, has added another $25 million via a C round led by DAG Ventures. Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures are all re-upping.
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More Money for Ad Tech: Rubicon Project Raises $9 Million

in Media on September 22, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Start-ups whose business plans are based on selling advertising are having a very hard time raising money. But start-ups that want to make money by helping other people sell advertising? That’s another story. Today’s example: Rubicon Project, a Los Angeles-based advertising-optimization start-up, has raised a $9 million C round led by Peacock Equity, the joint venture co-owned by GE Capital and GE’s NBC Universal.

“DoubleClick for Web Video” Start-up FreeWheel Raises $12 Million

in Media on April 29, 2009 at 3:01 pm PT

Yes, investors are still betting on Web video. Just not in the way they used to: FreeWheel, one of the buzzier online video start-ups you’ve never heard of, has raised a $12 million C round from Battery Ventures, which had provided financing for the company’s first two rounds, and Foundation Capital.