Genacast Ventures, a corporate venturing affiliate of telecoms company Comcast’s Interactive Capital division, has reinvested in Demdex, a New York-based online audience monitoring business.
Tag: Media
Peacock struts its cash with Healthline call
The $250m Peacock Equity Fund has reinvested in Healthline Networks as part of a $14m series C round following the portfolio company’s rapid growth in signing up partners.
Google teams with WPP on Invidi funding
Google has teamed up with advertising and marketing company WPP’s portfolio company again with its in-house venture capital division backing the fourth round of funding for Invidi Technologies Corp.
T-Venture backs The Band acquisition
Delivery Agent, a T-Venture-backed provider of entertainment shopping channels, has acquired interactive media agency The Band.
Hearst tucks into BuzzFeed’s B round
US publisher Hearst Interactive Media’s strategic investments group has backed an $8m second round of funding for BuzzFeed, an online advertising management services company.
Kaplan funds teaching aid company’s fourth round
Kaplan, a provider of educational services owned by the Washington Post Company, has invested $3.5m as part of a fourth funding round for child education company Headsprout.
Facebook’s funders meet up to invest in Brazil
South Africa-based media conglomerate Naspers has linked up through a circuitous route with a funder of social networking website Facebook in order to back a Brazilian fashion website.
Swisscom connects with Poken investment
Swisscom Ventures, the in-house venture capital division of the alpine telecoms operator, has led a $1.8m investment in Poken, a Switzerland-based company that produces a keychain for connecting to social networking platforms.
Publishers offer support to LibreDigital’s expansion
Publishers have continued to support US-based LibreDigital’s expansion of its online warehouse and distribution platform after it raised $8.1m in third-round funding.
Vostu gains $12m in New York move
Intel Capital-backed Vostu, a Spanish-language social networking and gaming site based in Brazil, has relocated to New York with $12m in equity funding, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission posted by news provider citybizlist.
Strategic investor gambles on Gaikai games
An undisclosed strategic backer has joined venture capital firms in backing Gaikai, a US-based provider of an internet-hosted video games, in its second round of funding.