Fliqz turning video-hosting into a business, raises $6M

Fliqz turning video-hosting into a business, raises $6M


Fliqz, one of many startups that offers white label video-hosting services for other companies, seems to have found its footing in this competitive market. It has more than 35,000 clients paying between ninety-nine and several thousand dollars a month to reach video viewers on the… Continue Reading

Google launches YouTube-like video service for businesses

Google launches YouTube-like video service for businesses

Heading into a battle with Cisco and others, Google is launching a YouTube-like video service for businesses.

Dubbed Google Video for Business, the service makes it easy for large businesses to tap into everything from camera phones to handheld video cameras and upload video to a… Continue Reading

Fliqz and Kaltura bring video capability to the masses, make Brightcove’s prices look insane

Fliqz and Kaltura bring video capability to the masses, make Brightcove’s prices look insane

Web video platforms like Brightcove, Move Networks and Maven have a problem: They have all built business models targeting the handful of content companies willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars a year to push video on their sites. As a result, the platforms… Continue Reading

Video player company Fliqz raises $2.5M more from internal investor to tide it over

Fliqz, an Emeryville, Calif. company that offers customized video players to Web site owners, has added a $3.2 million to its second round of funding.
Mohr Davidow Ventures, which previously provided $2.5 million in the second round, added the new capital, according to VentureWire.
And as previously… Continue Reading

Roundup: Joost’s API, Fliqz’s easy video toolbar, NBC-iTunes rift, more

Roundup: Joost’s API, Fliqz’s easy video toolbar, NBC-iTunes rift, more

Here’s this morning’s roundup of the latest action:

Joost opens widget API to developers: Joost, the oft-hyped online video site started by the founders of Skype, has soft-launched an application programming interface this week. It is trying to get third-party developers to build widgets on top… Continue Reading

Roundup: Netvibes2Go, Ooma, Wesabe, Second Life voice, Google traffic, more

Roundup: Netvibes2Go, Ooma, Wesabe, Second Life voice, Google traffic, more

Here’s the latest action:

Netvibes offers Netvibes2go — Netvibes, the company that has gotten buzz with its cool personalized home page service, is offering a mobile version called Netvibes2Go. It lets you access all your info — contained in useful modules, including email, calendar, to-do list and… Continue Reading

Fliqz, a video sharing website, raises $2.5M

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Fliqz, a Berkeley, Calif. video sharing website, has raised $2.5 million in Series B funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week. We wrote about the company here, and said at the time we had a hard time believing… Continue Reading

Fliqz raises $1 million…for yet another video site

Fliqz raises $1 million…for yet another video site

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Folks, it’s time to stop launching video sites. We have lost count. No human mind can keep track of all the video sites out there, or the tiny nuances of sharing and hosting technology that differentiate them.

We’re wondering if Fliqz, a Silicon Valley (Emeryville/Berkeley) start-up… Continue Reading