Break Media, video ad network for dudes, gets big brands on low-budget content, grows fast
When I encounter a grainy video of two apparently intoxicated women battling it out on the subway, the last thing I expect to appear is an ad from a major brand. But lo and behold, at Break.com, the flagship site of the video ad network, Break Media, an ad for Honda’s Element SUV popped up.
While most analysts are bullish about its potential, online video advertising is still controversial: in April, the much-discussed and well-funded VideoEgg… Continue Reading
Meebo partners with VideoEgg to help app developers make money
Meebo, the Silicon Valley company that lets you message across multiple IM services from a single Web site, is taking significant pains to make money from its millions of users.
Last month, it launched a way for outside developers to produce games and other content to be offered on the site, allowing them to keep half the revenue. A few weeks later, the Mountain View company gave the developers an option to run their own advertising… Continue Reading
Videoegg, a video ad network, raises $15 million
Videoegg, a video advertising network, has raised $15 million from Focus Ventures and returning investors.
The San Francisco company offers Web sites technology to help them publish videos, and ways to run advertising within those videos.
It has been in the news recently, and competes with several companies, including Fliqz, a relative newcomer, and several more established players, such as Brightcove. It’s a crucial time for it to grab market share, so the funding makes sense. Fliqz… Continue Reading
Roundup: Twickr, Yappd, EggNetwork, My iTunes, iMovie, Classmates & more
Here’s the latest action, about 80 percent of it in Silicon Valley:
Introducing Twickr — This is Flickr photos on Twitter, the messaging service that lets you send one-liners to your friends. Web guru Dave Winer came up with it , and Twitter investor Fred Wilson writes more about how it works.
Introducing Yappd — Which is similar. It is a Twitter copycat, also with picture messaging.
VideoEgg unveils EggNetwork — ads for Facebook applications — VideoEgg, which lets publishers serve… Continue Reading
WPP acquires stake in VideoEgg
WPP said it has acquired a stake in VideoEgg, a San Francisco company that offers Web sites video services and a way to run advertising within those videos.
See the statement here. The size of the stake WPP received for its $3.5 million investment was undislosed. Reports simply refer to the purchase of gross assets, the value of which is $3.5 million.
VideoEgg raised $12 million in a third round of capital last year, from investors… Continue Reading
“Young Guns” form secret Silicon Valley society
That’s what Rolling Stone wants you to believe, in its latest edition. In a story called “Baby Billionaires of Silicon Valley,” Rolling Stone catches up with a group nine entrepreneurs who get together to strategize. This is another hype job, since none of these people are billionaires. (Update: Blake Ross, in comment below, says this is no secret society, and headline is wrong.)
From the piece:
That’s why they’ve gathered here tonight. This is one of the… Continue Reading
Roundup: The valley’s lure, Sequoia out of Google, Office 2.0, Lala & more
YouTube will contribute to valley’s allure — Two years ago, Google’s buzz, even before its IPO, gave entrepreneurs like Tribe’s founder Mark Pincus inspiration to dream up the social networking revolution. YouTube’s grand sale will also inspire a new wave of entrepreneurs, no doubt. The WSJ has a timely piece — written before YouTube’s sale was announced — about the entrepreneurs still coming to Silicon Valley.
There’s Matt Sanchez, co-founder of video company VideoEgg, who found… Continue Reading
VideoEgg raises $12 million, going for bigtime
San Francisco photo editing start-up VideoEgg has raised $12 million from a team of investors led by Maveron, the venture capital firm of Starbucks Chairman Howard Schulz.
The funding, reported in BusinessWeek (worth reading, for the background) comes hours after news emerged that Yahoo had acquired Jumpcut, another San Francisco video editing company.
VideoEgg and Jumpcut are part of a crop of sites that have emerged lately — including Eyespot and Motionbox — that offer a… Continue Reading
VideoEgg opens service to most publishers
VideoEgg continues to make strides with its web video publishing service. The company is releasing an integration kit tomorrow that will make it easy for web site owners to add VideoEgg’s video publisher and player into their sites. This will make it easy for publishers to begin accepting video submissions from people – without the associated storage and bandwidth costs, since the video files live on VideoEgg’s servers.
Until now, people could only use VideoEgg, which… Continue Reading