CrunchyRoll a San Francisco-based video sharing site focused on anime, has raised $4.05 million in a first round funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week. Venrock led the round, with partner David Siminoff joining the board of directors, according to the report.
We first wrote about CrunchyRoll here.
Tags: co:crunchyroll, deal, inv:Venrock2 Comments
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Benoit said:
I am assuming that Venrock is funding the site because its popularity/user base is attractive and that they are going to get licenses to distribute the movies. I really doubt that they can keep the pirated content going.
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nana said:
that’s why Rozen Maiden a licensed anime is on the site ^^
what is silly in the story is donations. Pay for free fansub teams videos or high quality video ? On Veoh , it s free .
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MarketWatch Weekly Updates 20080310 - CGC Market Watch - 华创资本(China Growth Capital) said:
[...] 在某些细分领域的视频网站仍然受到投资者的关注，主要专注于动画领域的视频分享网站Crunchroll 在首轮融资中从Venrock Associates获得400万美元的投资。(link) [...]