Top Five Online Video Venture Capital Deals: Other notable VC targets involved in online video

Other notable venture capital deals in the online video support space...  

$40 million
Teliris
New York-based Teliris makes interactive telepresence technology. The company raised $40 million in February in Series A funding co-led by Columbia Capital and Fidelity Venture.

$20 million
Adspace
Adspace Networks Inc., a New York-based operator of an in-mall digital video advertising network, raised $20 million in Series E funding in June. Investors were co-led by The Walnut Group and The Hauser, Davis & Tyso.

$17 million
Avail Media
Reston Va.-based IPTV provider Avail Media [1] secured $17 million in Series B from Novak Biddle Venture Partners, etc. in May.

$17 million
Building B
Building B, Belmont, Calif., wireless set-top startup [2] raised $17 million in a second round in late August.

$15 million
Videoegg
Videoegg is a San Francisco firm that sells online video publishing technology. It raised $15 million, reported in September, in a round led by Focus Ventures and contributed to by returning investors. Videoegg also raised $3.48 million in May from an undisclosed investor in Luxembourg.

$14 million
Veveo
Veveo, maker of vTap [3], was launched in 2004 by Murali Aruvamudan, co-founder of Winphoria Networks, a wireless switch maker purchased by Motorola in 2003 for $172 million. Aruvamudan has raised $28 million for Veveo in two rounds of funding; one three years ago and another that closed in May. Investors include Norwest Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and OmniCapital Group.

$11.3 million
Move Networks
Move Networks, the American Fork, Utah firm that made the HD media player used by ABC [4], received $11.3 million in Series B led by Hummer Winblad Ventures, in February.

$10 million
Adap.tv
San Mateo, Calif.-based Adap.tv provides online ads for web videos. The company raised $10 million in July.

$9 million
PermissionTV
PermissionTV of Waltham, Mass., raised $9 million for its interactive video platform in Series C in June, in a round led by Castile Ventures and Point Judith Capital.

$6 million
ExpoTV
New York-based ExpoTV provides consumer product review videos. The firm received $6 million in Series A funding, with Masthead Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks leading, in January.

$5.5 million
Music Nation
Music Nation, a New York company developing an online music video competition, raised $5.5 million in Series A, with Greylock Partners leading in January.

$5 million
Viva Vision
Viva Vision, a Santa Monica, Calif. firm specializing in mobile video programming, raised $5 million from Equal Elements in March.

$5 million
The Filter
Peter Gabriel led a $5 million round of funding for this company that created the recommendation engine for iTunes, that may be headed for a similar application for IP videos.

$4 million
Kiptronic Inc.
San Francisco's Kiptronic provides ad-insertion technology for podcasts. It raised $4 million in Series A, with Blueprint Ventures and Prism VentureWorks leading in January.

$500,000
Wallstrip
Wallstrip, a New York company that created a video blog about the stock market, raised $500,000 in seed funding from angels, including Fred Wilson, NewTeeVee reported in January.

Undisclosed
Xunlei
Xunlei Network Technology is a Chinese concern providing video and game downloads that received backing from Google and Ceyuan Ventures in January.