Top Five IPTV Venture Capital Deals Through Aug. 2007

The top five:

$34 million
Dailymotion SA
Two-year-old Paris video aggregator Dailymotion SA secured $34 million in venture cap in May from Advent Venture Partners LLP of London and AGF Private Equity of Paris. Dailymotion raised about $9.5 million last year from Atlas Venture and Paris-based Partech International.

$30 million
Metacafe
Launched in 2003 and based in Palo Alto, Calif., MetaCafe was the seventh most visited video site in July. It received $30 million in a second round of funding in August.

$26 million
Veoh
The San Diego video-sharing site started by former Disney executive Michael Eisner, raised $26 million in a second round of funding in June, led by Highland Capital Partners and DAG Ventures; Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital also contributed. Veoh received $15 million in its first round.

$23.5 million
UUSee
UUSee, a Chinese video distribution Website, raised $23.5 million in funding, with Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Highland Capital leading, and Steamboat contributing, in March.

$18 million
Toudou
Chinese online video-sharing site Toudou.com raised $18 million from JAFCO in April.

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