SplashCast gets $4 million for interactive video widgets
SplashCast, a company that creates video widgets for musicians and others to promote themselves, has raised $4 million in a first round of venture funding.
Chief executive Michael Berkley describes SplashCast’s widget as a “programmable television set” for social networks, to which clients can stream multiple channels of content (see screenshot below). The Portland, Ore.-based company has some major media players on its client list, including Sony/BMG, Universal Music and MTV. It stands out from other… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Friday, Feb. 8, 2008
TODAY’S HEADLINES:
AerovectRx takes $1.2M, looks for $5M more for inhaled drugs (VentureWire)
Pointe Conception, endoscopic camera maker, raises $800K (VentureWire)
Orion Healthcare aims for $250 million life-science fund (VentureWire)
Pennsylvania secures half of $10M Radius Venture fund for life sciences (release)
HBM BioVentures to hold Swiss IPO without capital increase, share placement (Thomson)
AerovectRx takes $1.2M, looks for $5M more for inhaled drugs – AerovectRx, a Norcross, Ga., developer of inhaled-drug delivery systems, is closing a $1.2 million seed round, VentureWire… Continue Reading