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Microsoft Acquires Video Search Engine VideoSurf

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry


Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has acquired VideoSurf for roughly $70 million. VideoSurf is a video search engine company based in San Mateo, California. VideoSurf raised $28 million from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her husband David Goldberg (SurveyMonkey CEO). Other investors in VideoSurf include Al Gore, Current Media CEO Joel Hyatt, Pitango VC, and Verizon Ventures. It is likely that Microsoft will use the acquisition to enhance the Bing search engine.
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VideoSurf Raises $17 Million In Round Led By Pitango Venture Capital

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry


Video search engine company VideoSurf has raised $16 million in a round of funding led by Pitango Venture Capital. VideoSurf is a five year old company that raised a total of $28 million. VideoSurf’s software can identify images within videos that it scans instead of video metadata. VideoSurf receives about 20 million unique visitors per month. [AllThingsD]

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