Digital Convergence - Fifteen Startups to watch
Senior Writer Stacey Higginbotham, Tech Confidential, created an awesome table pictured below outlining the Digital Convergence landscape:
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| 15 Startups to watch in the digital convergence arena | ||||
| Company/ Headquarters | Category | Amount raised ($mill.) | Investors | |
| Adap.tv San Mateo, Calif. |  | advertising on internet video | undisclosed | Gemini Capital |
| Avtrex Inc. San Jose, Calif. |  | networked TV software | bootstrapped | NA |
| BroadQ Austin, Texas | | networked TV software | undisclosed (seed round) | undisclosed |
| Imagine Communications Ltd. Cardriff by the Sea, Calif. |  | appliance to compress HD video | $9.2 (first round) | Carmel Ventures, Columbia Capital |
| Itiva Networks San Francisco | | video content delivery network | 7.0 (first round) | undisclosed founders and angels |
| Jivox San Mateo, Calif. | | video content delivery network | undisclosed | undisclosed |
| kyte.tv San Francisco |  | video anywhere programming | undisclosed | Swisscom, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Richards, Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom |
| Qumana Inc. Vancouver, B.C. | | advertising for blogs | undisclosed (seed round) | Global Seed Capital LLC |
| Rinera Networks Inc. San Mateo, Calif. | | video content delivery network | 9.0 (first round) | NEA Foundation Capital |
| ScanScout Cambridge, Mass. | | protects video content | 7.0 (first round) | General Catalyst Partners, Ron Conway, First Round Capital |
| SplashCast Inc. Portland, Ore. | | online video player | 2.0 (seed round) | Angels Phil Hellmuth, Rick Magnuson, Roger Smith |
| TargetSpot Inc. New York | | advertising over streaming media | 3.6 (first round) | Union Square Ventures, CBS Radio (a division of CBS Corp.), Oddcast Inc. |
| TVersity Inc. Tenafly, N.J. | | networked TV software | bootstrapped | NA |
| Visible Measures Corp. Cambridge, Mass. | | viewing stats for online video | 5.0 (first round) | General Catalyst Partners |
| VoiceStar Inc. Philadelphia | | advertising over mobile calls | 0.3 (seed round) | Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania |
| Yebotv Cleveland | | live video delivery channel | 10.0 (first round) | Roberts Communications Network, Sunrise Operations (investor arm of Winticket.com) |
| Zoove Inc. Palo Alto, Calif. | | SMS marketing for cell phones | 6.8 (first round) | Accel Partners, Worldview Technology Partners, Cardinal Venture Affiliate |
| NA = Not Available Sources: The Deal and SEC filings | ||||
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