See Seesmic Seize Cash
Seesmic, the video-service that Loren Feldman loves to hate, has raised $6-million.
That’s a big accomplishment given the video market is ultra-competitive and Seesmic is trying to jump-start the rather strange idea of having video conversations. But what’s more impressive is the list of investors. It’s like an all-star team featuring players from Web 1.0 and Web 2.0:
* The lead investor is Atomico - a group founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.
* Michael Arrington - Founder, TechCrunch
* Steve Case - Co-Founder and former CEO and Chairman, AOL
* Jeff Clavier - Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
* Ron Conway - Early investor, Google
* Steve Garfield - video blogger
* Dan Gillmor - Director, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
* Reid Hoffman - Founder, LinkedIn
* Michael Parekh - Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
* Mark Pincus - Co-Founder and former Chairman and CEO, SupportSoft
* Ariel Poler - Founder and former CEO, IPRO and Topica
* Jeff Pulver - Chairman and Founder, Pulver.com
* Martin Varsavsky - Founder, FON
Technorati Tags: Loren Feldman, Seesmic, Veture Capital
February 13th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
My company made a “video twitter” before Seesmic and investing much, much, much, much less. I wonder how many great things you could do with 6 millions… like starting a couple of new companies other than Seesmic. It’s pretty clear that just this list of investors is a good start to get the proper attention from the market. Ok, but what about the service?
February 14th, 2008 at 12:54 am
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February 14th, 2008 at 3:30 am
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February 14th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Wow… I hadn’t heard about this yet. That is an unreal list of investors. That’s what I call SMART money.
Cheers,
Aidan
http://www.MappingTheWeb.com
February 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
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February 14th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
@Luca I called this effect ‘the loic effect’ because yes, it’s not an early entrant at all, it’s just a famous one.
Welcome to social media, btw. We don’t have to like it, we just have to understand its mechanics.
Good luck.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
the 6mill aint for dev i would think, but marketing dollars…