http://www.fierceiptv.com/tags/metacafe en http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-five-iptv-venture-capital-deals-through-aug-2007/2007-09-18?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FI0 <p align="center"> <b>The top five:</b> </p> <p> <b>$34 million<br /> Dailymotion SA<br /> </b>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. </p> <p> <b>$30 million<br /> </b><b>Metacafe<br /> </b>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. </p> <p> <b>$26 million<br /> </b><b>Veoh<br /> </b>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. </p> <p> <b>$23.5 million<br /> </b><b>UUSee<br /> </b>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. </p> <p> <b>$18 million<br /> </b><b>Toudou<br /> </b>Chinese online video-sharing site Toudou.com raised $18 million from JAFCO in April.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-five-iptv-venture-capital-deals-through-aug-2007-runner-ups/2007-09-18"> Click here to see the runners up...</a> </p> http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-five-iptv-venture-capital-deals-through-aug-2007/2007-09-18#comments Metacafe Veoh Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:06:27 -0400 1753 at http://www.fierceiptv.com http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-sites-august/2007-09-18?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FI0 <p> <img src="http://static.fiercemarkets.com/public/newsletter/fierceiptv/AUG.jpg" alt="" align="right" />YouTube again won the Nielsen/NetRatings for August, with more than 56 million unique visitors, up from around 55 million last month. MySpace came in second again with around 17 million, down almost 1 million from July. Google and AOL were next, followed by MSN, which displaced Yahoo! for the No. 5 spot. Metacafe, Break.com and Veoh were next, followed by Atom Films, which displaced Funny or Die on the list. </p> <p> <strong>For More:</strong><br /> - Visit <em><a href="http://blogs.business2.com/business2blog/2006/08/the_webs_top_vi.html">The.Next.Net</a></em> for a comparison to ComScore data <br /> - GodTube.com registers fastest launch growth <a href="http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/godtube-com-sets-record-1-fastest-growing-website-u-s-1st-month-launch">here</a> </p> <p> &#160; </p> <p> &#160; </p> http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-sites-august/2007-09-18#comments AOL Funny or Die Google IP Videos Metacafe MySpace Veoh YouTube Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:59:30 -0400 1758 at http://www.fierceiptv.com http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-vc-fund-raisers-through-august-2007/2007-09-18?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FI0 <p> <i>FierceIPTV</i> presents the top venture cap fund raisers in the online video space, as compiled from <i>PE Week </i>and <i>VentureBeat</i> among other sources. The top five include a YouTube challenger in Paris, two California video distributors and two from China. Runners-up are listed below, as are companies in the online video distribution support space. </p> <p align="center"> <b>The top five:</b> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> <b>$34 million<br /> Dailymotion SA<br /> </b>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. </p> <p> <b>$30 million<br /> </b><b>Metacafe<br /> </b>Launched in 2003 and based in Palo Alto, Calif., MetaCafe was the seventh most visited video site in July and <a href="http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-sites-august/2007-09-18">August</a>. It received $30 million in a second round of funding in August. </p> <p> <b>$26 million<br /> </b><b>Veoh<br /> </b>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. The business received $15 million in its first round. <a href="http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/veoh-launches-veohtv-online-video-portal/2007-06-26">Veoh</a> was the ninth most visited video site in <a href="http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-sites-august/2007-09-18">August</a>. </p> <p> <b>$23.5 million<br /> </b><b>UUSee<br /> </b>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. </p> <p> <b>$18 million<br /> </b><b>Toudou<br /> </b>Chinese online video-sharing site Toudou.com raised $18 million from JAFCO in April.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-five-iptv-venture-capital-deals-through-aug-2007-runner-ups/2007-09-18">Click here to see the whole report with runners-up and other notables...</a> </p> http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-vc-fund-raisers-through-august-2007/2007-09-18#comments IP Videos IPTV Metacafe Veoh YouTube VC/M&amp;A Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:59:20 -0400 1757 at http://www.fierceiptv.com http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-sites-july-2007/2007-08-21?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FI0 <p> <img src="http://static.fiercemarkets.com/public/newsletter/assets/feature.jpg" border="0" hspace="0" /> </p> <p align="center"> <img src="http://static.fiercemarkets.com/public/newsletter/fierceiptv/topvideo.gif" /> </p> http://www.fierceiptv.com/story/top-video-sites-july-2007/2007-08-21#comments AOL Funny or Die Google Metacafe MySpace Veoh YouTube Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:32:56 -0400 1712 at http://www.fierceiptv.com