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Another $150M Raised by Video Companies in Q3 '10, Plus Lots of Deals
Q3 '10 saw strong continued investment interest in the online video industry, with at least 14 private companies raising at least $149.4 million, according to sources I track. The largest amount however, $50 million, went to Chinese video portal Tudou. If that amount were backed out, then the approximately $100 million remaining would actually be the lowest quarterly total since Q2 '09. Total financings over the last 4 quarters are approximately $756.1 million.
The big news of the quarter though, was in industry deals. At least 11 acquisitions were announced or completed in Q3, which are listed after the investments below. In other industry news, Blockbuster declared bankruptcy, capping its long demise, and rumors of Hulu's plans to go public surfaced.
Following are the financings and acquisitions that I tracked during the quarter, the date disclosed and new investors identified if applicable. Links are provided to the companies' press releases, or to relevant media coverage if none could be found (note that I haven't verified media coverage with companies themselves). If I've missed anything or you find an inaccuracy, please post a comment.
Financings
Elemental ($7.5M) - July 27 - Steamboat, General Catalyst, Voyager Capital
Envivio ($15M) - July 28 - Undisclosed
PHILO (Undisclosed) - July 28 - North Bridge, DFJ Gotham Ventures
Tudou ($50M) - Aug. 5 - Temasek Holdings
MyDamnChannel ($4.4M) - Aug. 9 - Intuitive Venture Partners
Netpulse ($2M) - Aug. 10 - Undisclosed
OggiFinogi - ($2M) - Aug. 19 - Greycroft, iNovia, Contour Venture Partners
ShowUHow ($3M) - Aug. 30 - Syncom Venture Partners
Ooyala ($22M) - Sept. 9 - CID Group, ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VMIX ($2.5M) - Sept. 9 - Undisclosed
Conviva ($15M) - Sept. 15 - GGV Capital
Innovid ($4M) - Sept. 24 - Deutsche Telekom
Quantenna ($21M) - Sept. 27 - DAG Ventures
Redux - ($1M) - Sept. 28 - DFJ, Alsop Louie Partners
Deals
HP Snapfish acquires Motionbox - July 12
Pace acquires 2Wire ($475M) - July 25
Limelight acquires Delve Networks - Aug. 2
Telestream acquires Anystream division of Grab Networks - Aug. 13
Cisco acquires ExtendMedia - Aug. 26
Metacafe acquires Action Sports - Sept. 9
KIT Digital acquires Accela Communications - Sept. 9
KIT Digital acquires Brickbox - Sept. 15
VideoEgg acquires SixApart - Sept. 21
AOL acquires 5Min - Sept. 28Categories: Deals & Financings
Topics: Deals
