Tech Company Financing Transactions

Digitalsmiths Funding Round

Digitalsmiths closed a $12.5 million Series C funding round on 4/27/2011. Backers included Technicolor, .406 Ventures and Aurora Funds.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/27/2011
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$12,500,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Technicolor (Lead Investor)

.406 Ventures (Maria Cirino)

Aurora Funds (Jan Bouten)

Chrysalis Ventures (Wright Steenrod)

Cisco Investments

Proceeds Purpose
The infusion of capital accelerates domestic and international sales of Digitalsmiths' video search and discovery products designed to provide a sorely needed upgrade to the video industry's rudimentary content search, discovery and recommendation capabilities.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
320 Blackwell Street 200
Durham, NC 27701
USA
Email Address
Overview
Digitalsmiths is the leader in automated online video ad-matching technology. Our patent-pending platform powers search technology behind leading television and film shows as well as groundbreaking opportunities in the advertising and brand integration industry.
Profile
Digitalsmiths LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Digitalsmiths Company Twitter Account
Company News
Digitalsmiths News
Facebook
Digitalsmiths on Facebook
YouTube
Digitalsmiths on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Weinberger
  Ben Weinberger LinkedIn Profile  Ben Weinberger Twitter Account  Ben Weinberger News  Ben Weinberger on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Matthew Berry
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VP - Client Services
Tyler Winton
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VP - Engineering
Isaac Kunkel
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VP - Engineering
David Luks
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