Vator.TV launches, lets you pitch your business

June 5, 2007 | Matt Marshall

Vator.TV, the video site started by Bambi Francisco, the former MarketWatch columnist, officially launches tomorrow.

http://www.vator.tv/embed/player.swf?videoSrc=http://s3.amazonaws.com/vator_production_out/312_bamcyrilvatorpitch.flv&fillColor=0xFFFFFF&videoMode=embed&pitchURL=http://www.vator.tv/pitch/show/Vator—the-idea-exchange

It is designed for people to share ideas about their companies, to investors and others. From the main page, you can select “My Vator” to create a pitch and manage your profile. Outsiders can use a search bar to find pitches. There is also a text news section and a place where pitching competitions are listed.

While the site has been up in a test format for a couple of months, Francisco has been busy building out the platform and striking deals with advertisers and others. Above is an example of the sort of video you’ll find from Vator.TV — this one is by Francisco herself, together with her CTO Cyril Brignone, explaining what their company is all about. Here is their own pitch page on Vator.

We mentioned earlier that Francisco had raised a seed round of capital. She confirmed tonight the round was about $1 million, and that she may be raising more.

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About the Author, Matt Marshall

Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.