Amit Chowdhry | May 11, 2011 | 502 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Comcast Interactive Capital, DFJ, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JiWire, Norwest Venture Partners, Panorama Capital, Trident Capital

JiWire is a mobile ad company that has raised $20 million in a round of funding made by Trident Capital, Comcast Interactive Capital, DFJ, Panorama Capital, and Norwest Venture Partners. JiWire has raised a total of $45 million in funding thus far. JiWire has a location-based ad platform that runs on WiFi through 40 public WiFi networks. Last year JiWire acquired location based mobile shopping company NearbyNow. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | April 14, 2011 | 707 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ashton Kutcher, Comcast Interactive Capital, Dustin Moskovitz, Evan Doll, Flipboard, Index Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Jack Dorsey, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mike McCue, Peter Chernin, Ron Conway

Flipboard CEO Mike McCue has confirmed that the company has raised $50 million at a $200 million valuation. Insight Venture Partners led this round of funding. “We’re obviously thrilled, because we think it confirms our focus that people want a beautifully designed way to interact with content and to share it,” stated McCue. “And there is a lot more to come–on a scale of one to 10, we’re just at a two or three.”

Amit Chowdhry | February 18, 2011 | 733 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Advent Venture Partners, Advent Venture Partners LLP, Comcast Interactive Capital, Dance Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Vitrue

Vitrue is a social media management company that has raised $17 million in Series C funding. Scale Venture Partners and Advent Venture Partners led this round of funding. Existing investors General Catalyst Ventures, Comcast Interactive, and Dance Ventures also participated. Some of Vitrue’s customers include Ford, Intel, MTV, Best Buy, and McDonald’s. Vitrue will be using the funding for expansion. [Mashable]
Amit Chowdhry | January 16, 2011 | 997 views | 2 Comments
Categorized under Comcast Interactive Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Peter Barris, SnagFilms, Steve Case, Ted Leonsis

SnagFilms is an online documentary video streaming service that was founded in 2008 by Ted Leonsis. SnagFilms has raised $10 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates, Comcast Interactive Capital, and Steve Case. SnagFilms will use the funding to expand their videos into fiction and to distribute their movies on more platforms.

Amit Chowdhry | November 8, 2010 | 855 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Accel Partners, Allen & Company, Comcast Interactive Capital, Khosla Ventures, SB Nation

SB Nation is a sports and news blog company that is based in Washington D.C. The company has raised a $10.5 million Series C round led by Khosla Ventures. SB Nation previously raised $13 million in funding from Accel Partners, Allen & Company, Comcast Interactive Capital, and several angel investors.

Amit Chowdhry | October 12, 2010 | 1,084 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under BNI Video, Castile Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Cisco Systems, Cisco Systems Inc., Comcast Interactive Capital, Conrad Clemson, Raman Sud, Time Warner, Time Warner Cable

BNI Video is a company that helps video service providers in the telecommunications industry manage video delivery. This is why some telecommunications companies got together to put money into BNI. Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Capital, Charles River Ventures, Castile Ventures, and Time Warner Cable invested $16 million into BNI.
