Following closely on my last post, it was announced this morning that Chinese video site Youku.com raised $25 mil in funding in Series C funding, led by Brookside Capital Partners (affiliated with Boston’s Bain Capital). Of course, the press release says Youku.com is China’s leading video site, contrary to what Tudou says. Who’s the victor? [...]
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Back From Vacation, China Still Important
Posted in venture, web, tagged Bain, Google, Youku on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
China’s Youtube, via Cambridge
Posted in venture, web, tagged General Catalyst, Tudou, VC on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was researching an article on web piracy (published today by Slate) when I first came across a Chinese video site called Tuduo. It seems to be interested in becoming China’s youtube (though the copyright policing is not at youtube’s level yet–which is how I came by them in the first place.) Or maybe better. [...]
CapitalGains: Backchannelmedia, First Round, ~$10 mil
Posted in capitalgains, venture, web, tagged backchannelmedia, capitalgains, VC on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Boston’s Backchannelmedia closed out another $3 mil this quarter, raising their total to $10 mil over the past two years. (via PEHub) The basic idea behind backchannelmedia is that–and this is their own words–that “television advertising should become accountable.” In other words, bcm can track the efficiency of those big ad dollars by linking [...]
Boston Kicks Hollywood While They’re Down
Posted in venture, web, tagged hollywood, unions, VC on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Those striking writers can’t just picket and smoke cigarettes all day. They do need to make some burrito money. Enter Boston (via WSJ):
Spark Capital Partners LLC, a Boston venture-capital firm with investments that include online entertainment, is heading to Los Angeles this week to meet with a handful of disgruntled writers. “I don’t know if [...]
More Re: Phoenix, Ashes
Posted in web on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s why you remember Computer.com:
That was how the Maynard company spent nearly half of their VC funds, airing those ads during the Super Bowl in 2000. Yeah, they didn’t last so long. But following on last week’s redemption song theme, here’s another turnaround story (via MassHighTech). It seems like former Computer.com [...]
Google Mafia
Posted in web on November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scott Kirsner from the Globe finds one of the few people on the planet that has seen a Google phone prototype, and needless to say, he will not be dishing. Man, that is some kind of power. I almost feel bad for whoever leaks this to Engadget.
