Wibbitz announced it has raised $20 million in Series C financing led by BDMI, with participation from Associated Press, Lool Ventures, Horizons Ventures, The Weather Channel, TF1 and NantMobile. Wibbitz is a text-to-video technology platform that automatically creates premium, short-form videos using text content. Its platform
RIVYT is a design tool that allows users to instantly create a website from any YouTube channel or video selection. The 2.0 release comes with several new features, including eight new design options, the ability to auto-publish video, banner image support, and social link support
Vemba announced the close of $6 million in Series A financing led by Time Warner Investments, with participation from Upfront Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and SpotX. Vemba is a next generation video distribution and content discovery platform that enables content publishers to directly control all
Faceter offers intelligent closed-circuit television software for smarter video surveillance, using machine learning technology. With real time human face recognition and tracking, a user-friendly console for all cameras, and security events accessible from everywhere, it can be conveniently accessed from multiple types of devices, including
Leap Second is an iPhone free video app allowing users to capture their favourite memories and showcase their memorable moments in a daily one-second video journal. The Leap Second app supports multiple videos per day, safe iCloud backups, live photos, and music. Leap Second
LosslessCut is an open source productivity product providing quick, lossless trimming and cutting of video and audio files. Great for rough processing of large raw videos from a video camera, drone camera, or GoPro camera, it lets users quickly extract the good parts and discard
Zype announced the close of $4.9 million in Series A financing led by Runa Capital. Revel Partners, Point Nine Capital, Alpine Meridian and Entrepreneurs Fund also participated in the funding. Zype is a cloud video distribution service that makes it easy for over-the-top content (OTT)
Player.me is a video streaming and social media tool that helps players create better live video streams. It claims to be the world's first connected content creation platform for the gaming and eSports community. Player.me integrates with major creation tools like XSplit and OBS while
Digital media startup Vlipsy announced the completion of $1.3 million in seed financing. At least four investors contributed to the round: JumpStart, North Coast Angel Fund, Cox Enterprises, and Impact Angel Fund. Vlipsy is a search engine that allows users to find and share quotes and
Animaker is a whiteboard video making and design tool that includes more than 10,000 drawings. It helps users create five different styles of whiteboard videos, including Stitchboard, Glassboard, Notepad and Blackboard. The tool is particularly beneficial for makers who rely on social media videos, explainer