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By: Ooyala to Power Joost « NewTeeVee

Ooyala to Power Joost « NewTeeVee — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:39:38 +0000

[...] CBS and Li Ka-shing. Ooyala, which was founded by a trio of former Google employees, has raised $10 million in funding from Sierra Ventures and [...]

By: Ooyala to Power Joost | Viral Video Maker

Ooyala to Power Joost | Viral Video Maker — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:13:24 +0000

[...] CBS and Li Ka-shing. Ooyala, which was founded by a trio of former Google employees, has raised million in funding from Sierra Ventures and [...]

By: Ooyala to Power Joost « NewTeeVee

Ooyala to Power Joost « NewTeeVee — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:48:29 +0000

[...] Viacom, CBS and Li Ka-shing. Ooyala, which was founded by a trio of former Google employees, has $10 million in funding from Sierra Ventures and [...]

By: Yieldex Wins AWS Startup Challenge - GigaOM

Yieldex Wins AWS Startup Challenge - GigaOM — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:52:49 +0000

[...] Madrona Venture Group, who help judge the contest. Last year’s winner Ooyala managed to score $8.5 million in venture funding two months after it won. But those were different [...]

By: Where have all the Googlers gone? | Jim Stroud's The Recruiters Lounge

Where have all the Googlers gone? | Jim Stroud's The Recruiters Lounge — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:08:45 +0000

[...] Sean Knapp, Belsasar Lepe and Bismarck Lepe founded Ooyala, a video delivery platform, in early 2007. So far, they’ve raised about $10 million. [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:20:14 +0000

Sorry Rafat, I changed the wording.

Leopold, I agree that the competitors have way bigger warchests.

By: Ooyala raises $8.5M for new way to advertise in video « Interactive Videos Digger

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:16:09 +0000

[...] (quoted from VentueBeat and newteevee) [...]

By: leopold

leopold — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:59:59 +0000

don’t see how ooyala going to compete against competitors such as Brightcove or Akamai on 8.5M. particularly since this round actually closed six months ago. DOA.

By: Frank Sinton

Frank Sinton — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:57:06 +0000

Sounds interesting. Sports is always a great segment to initially go after - if you can get the commercial rights.

Will keep an eye on them. Any more information in the HD delivery aspects?

By: Rafat

Rafat — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:39:19 +0000

Liz
We didn’t “heard it rumored”…we reported on the facts on the funding…except for the amount, we had everything confirmed when we reported on it. If we report on a rumor, we say so in our stories…