Madrona Venture Group Invests $6 Million Into BuddyTV
Amit Chowdhry | April 15, 2008 | 492 Views | Add a CommentCategorized under BuddyTV, Madrona Venture Group

Seattle, Wash.-based, BuddyTV is a television information social network slash listings site slash game site. Â BuddyTV has a large number of users constantly reading their TV show ratings, interviews, etc. Â BuddyTV recently raised $6 million Series B funding from Madrona Venture Group. Â The company previously raised $2.8 million from Gemstar-TV Guide around July 2007.
BuddyTV lists top shows for all you idiot box addicts. Â Top shows include The Amazing Race, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Big Brother, Desparate Housewives, Heroes, Step It Up And Dance, Flavor Of Love, etc. Â Each of these shows contain the aforementioned features.
Other companies that Madrona Venture Group invested in includes Amazon, Classmates.com, VacationSpot, Sharebuilder, Photoworks, Farecast, PayScale, and TripHub.
Information Source:
[1] TechCrunch: BuddyTV Raises $6 Million From Madrona Venture Group by Jason Kincaid
BuddyTV is a Seattle, Wash.-based company that has raised $2.8 million Series A in funding today. Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ:GMST) lead the round of funding. BuddyTV is essential an informative content website that provides coverage of major TV events such as the Emmys and has staff writers that provide updates about celebrities. For example, one of the blog posts, one of the writers blogged about how Danneel Harris, star of One Tree Hill, will have a role in Harold & Kumar 2.