Amit Chowdhry | April 25, 2011 | 992 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Adam Cahan, Auditude, Bill Shaughnessy, Blake Irving, IntoNow, Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has acquired IntoNow for between $20-$30 million. IntoNow is like the “Shazam of TV.” IntoNow’s SoundPrint platform allows mobile app users to listen to a TV show and it will find a match within 4-12 seconds of listening to the audio. IntoNow will notify the user about the individual episode being watched.

Amit Chowdhry | January 27, 2011 | 655 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Auditude, Granite Ventures, Greylock Partners, Jeremy Helfand, Redpoint Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank

Auditude is a company that helps large websites manage online video ads. Auditude has raised $11 million in a second round of funding led by Granite Ventures with participation from Silicon Valley Bank, Redpoint Ventures, and Greylock Partners. They plan on using the new funding for expansion and looking into mobile video. Auditude also hired Jeremy Helfand, the former CEO of United Online’s media group. According to paidContent, Auditude manages “billions” of monthly video impressions. Some of their clients include Comcast, DailyMotion, Fox News, MLB, and Sony. Auditude raised $10 million two years ago from Redpoint Ventures and Greylock Partners.