How-to video site 5min scores $7.5M for wider syndication
5min, a site that syndicates instructional videos to a host of other web sites reaching 200 million viewers a month, has raised $7.5 million in a second round of funding.
The 5min site itself has built a library of more than 100,000 short, professional-quality videos sorted into different categories ranging from fashion to food to parenting to video games. Right now, users can view videos teaching them how to fix a leaky washing machine, how to… Continue Reading
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 ads with relevant videos.
Viewers watching a Sarah Palin interview on CNN, for example, will see a gray pop-up tab that… Continue Reading
Howcast lands $2M more for how-to videos
Instructional video producer Howcast Media reeled in an additional $2 million in first-round financing from private individuals in the media industry, reports VentureWire. This bumps its total to $10 million, with some funding coming from Tudor Investment.
The New York-based website, founded by three ex-Googlers, provides a fairly large library of how-to videos sorted into categories like pets, parenting, fitness and food. For example, there are 12 videos explaining how to successfully break up with someone,… Continue Reading
How-to video site 5min lands funding, continues uphill climb in US
5Min is one of many sites that offers “instructional” videos created by users.
The videos are supposed to teach you how to do something, such as making a barking dog out of a square piece of paper (see below).
Its clean design includes options to help you in the learning process — you can zoom in on a part of the video, slow it down, watch it frame by frame, by video segment, and more.
The company claims… Continue Reading